Diocese of Vinh
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The diocese of Vinh (Latin, Dioecesis Vinhensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Vietnam. The bishop is Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên, since 2000.
The creation of the diocese in present form was decalared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 30,783 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.
By 2004, the diocese of Vinh had about 453,018 believers (7.9% of the population), 126 priests and 143 parishes.[1]
Assumption Cathedral in Nghi Dien Commune (Nghe An Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]
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