Diocese of Phát Diêm

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The diocese of Phát Diêm (Latin, Dioecesis de Phat Diem) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop position is vacant since April 2007.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 1,787 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Phát Diêm had about 144,721 believers (15.9% of the population), 31 priests and 65 parishes.[1]

Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Kim Son (Ninh Binh Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]


Roman Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam
under Council of Bishops of Vietnam
Archdiocese of Hanoi: Bắc Ninh | Bùi Chu | Hải Phòng | Hưng Hóa | Lạng Sơn and Cao Bang | Phát Diệm | Thái Bình | Thanh Hóa | Vinh
Archdiocese of Hue: Ban Mê Thuột | Đà Nẵng | Kontum | Nha Trang | Quy Nhơn
Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city: Bà Rịa | Cần Thơ | Đà Lạt | Long Xuyên | Mỹ Tho | Phan Thiết | Phú Cường | Vĩnh Long | Xuân Lộc

[edit] References

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy Directory
  2. ^ Giga Catholic Information
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