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Diocese of Cân Tho

Canthoën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cân Tho, Vietnam

The Latin rite Diocese of Can Tho in Vietnam's Mekong Delta was erected as an Apostolic Vicariate in 1955 and elevated to a diocese on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Can Tho.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 November 1960
Latin
Canthoën(sis)
Patron
Sacred Heart
Annuario code
001001045

The see in figures

Catholics
190,549
Population
5,308,914
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
3.6%
Priests
249
Catholics per priest
765
Extent
12,214 km²
Catholics per km²
16

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
Peter Le Tan Loi
Born
19 June 1970
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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Can Tho stands in Cân Tho, 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

Declared in its present form on November 24, 1960, the diocese of Cần Thơ (Latin: Dioecesis Canthoënsis) spans 13,257 km2 (5,119 sq mi) of Vietnam as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city. Its cathedral is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ. By 2004 the diocese counted about 176,424 believers (3% of the population), served by 153 priests across 131 parishes.

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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.