Roman Catholic Diocese of My Tho
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The diocese of My Tho is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam
. The bishop is Paul Bùi Van Ðoc, since 1999.
The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 9,262 km², and is a suffragan diocese
of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2004, the diocese of My Tho had about 111,454 believers (2.6% of the population), 82 priest
s and 63 parish
es.
Immaculate Conception
Cathedral in My Tho town has been assigned as the Cathedral
of the diocese
.
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 –...
. The bishop is Paul Bùi Van Ðoc, since 1999.
The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 9,262 km², and is a suffragan diocese
Suffragan Diocese
A suffragan diocese is a diocese in the Catholic Church that is overseen not only by its own diocesan bishop but also by a metropolitan bishop. The metropolitan is always an archbishop who governs his own archdiocese...
of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2004, the diocese of My Tho had about 111,454 believers (2.6% of the population), 82 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 63 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.
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin. It is one of the four dogmata in Roman Catholic Mariology...
Cathedral in My Tho town has been assigned as the Cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
of the diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
.