Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt

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Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt (Latin: Dioecesis Banmethuotensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2000 is Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc. More than 10% of the two million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.

The diocese was erected on June 22, 1967 with territory from the dioceses of Ðà Lat and Kontum. It is a suffragate of the Archdiocese of Huê.

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