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Diocese of Ðà Lat

Dalaten(sis)

The Latin rite Diocese of Da Lat covers Lam Dong Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, erected on 24 November 1960 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariates of Saigon and Kontum. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari in Da Lat.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 November 1960
Latin
Dalaten(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Rosary
Annuario code
001001263

The see in figures

Catholics
417,680
Population
1,464,100
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
28.5%
Priests
369
Catholics per priest
1,132
Extent
9,764 km²
Catholics per km²
43

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Dominic Nguyen Van Manh
Born
12 August 1955
Birthplace
Cân Tho

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari, Da Lat stands in Ðà Lat, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon, though it depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari in the southern city of Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh has been its bishop since September 16, 2019.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.