Diocese of Bac Ninh
Bacninhen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bac Ninh, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Bac Ninh in northern Vietnam traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Tonkin erected in 1883, renamed Bac Ninh in 1924, and elevated to a diocese on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, its cathedral is the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Bac Ninh.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Bacninhen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary, Martyrs of Bac Ninh
- Annuario code
- 001000776
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 147,715
- Population
- 9,087,530
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 96
- Catholics per priest
- 1,539
- Extent
- 24,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.0
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
- Joseph Do Quang Khang
- Born
- 7 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Thu Duc
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
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Bac Ninh stands in Bac Ninh, 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 Hanoi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hanoi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Hà NôiHà Nôi
- Diocese of Bùi ChuBùi Chu
- Diocese of Hai PhòngHai Phòng
- Diocese of Hung HoáHung Hoá
- Diocese of Hà TinhHà Tinh
- Diocese of Lang Són et Cao BangLang Són et Cao Bang
- Diocese of Phát DiêmPhát Diêm
- Diocese of Thanh HóaThanh Hóa
- Diocese of Thái BìnhThái Bình
- Diocese of VinhVinh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Catholic see of Vietnam, the diocese of Bac Ninh (Latin: Dioecesis Bacninhensis) took its present form by declaration on November 24, 1960. Covering 12,227 km2 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, it counted by 2004 about 123,090 believers (1.8% of the population), 23 priests, and 47 parishes. Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Bac Ninh serves as the cathedral of the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.