Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hue
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Archdiocese of Huế is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in central Vietnam
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The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. It covers an area of 12,227 km² and headed by Archbishop
Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê (from 1998), who was previously a coadjutor Archbishop of Huế
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The suffragan dioceses are:
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Huế
has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
By 2004, Archdiocese of Huế had about 65,770 Roman Catholics (3.3% of the population), 93 priest
s and 177 parish
es.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. It covers an area of 12,227 km² and headed by Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê (from 1998), who was previously a coadjutor Archbishop of Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
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The suffragan dioceses are:
- Diocese of Ban Me ThuotDiocese of Ban Mê ThuôtDiocese of Ban Mê Thuôt is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam in the city of Buôn Ma Thuột in Dak Lak Province of the central highlands region. The Bishop as of 2000 was His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc; he retired in 2007 and died as Bishop Emeritus on Monday, May...
- Diocese of Ðà Nang
- Diocese of KontumDiocese of KontumDiocese of Kontum is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2003 is Michel Hoang Ðúc Oanh. More than 10 % of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities....
- Diocese of Nha Trang
- Diocese of Quy Nhon.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
By 2004, Archdiocese of Huế had about 65,770 Roman Catholics (3.3% of the population), 93 priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
s and 177 parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es.