Roman Catholic Diocese of Vinh
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The diocese of Vinh 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 declared 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 priest
s and 143 parish
es.
Assumption Cathedral
in Nghi Dien Commune (Nghe An Province) 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-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên, since 2000.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 30,783 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 Hanoi.
By 2004, the diocese of Vinh had about 453,018 believers (7.9% of the population), 126 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 143 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.
Assumption Cathedral
Assumption Cathedral
Assumption Cathedral or Dormition Cathedral may refer to a number of Cathedral churches consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Orthodox tradition and Assumption of Mary in the Roman Catholic tradition:*The Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, aka Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir...
in Nghi Dien Commune (Nghe An Province) 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...
.