Archdiocese of Hà Nôi
Hanoien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hà Nôi, Vietnam
The Latin rite Archdiocese of Hanoi traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Tonkin erected on 9 September 1659 and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 24 November 1960. It covers the Vietnamese capital and heads the ecclesiastical province of Hanoi with ten suffragan dioceses across northern Vietnam. Its cathedral is Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Hanoien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001578
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 333,200
- Population
- 8,885,360
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 1,718
- Extent
- 6,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Vu Van Thien
- Born
- 26 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Ke Sat
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
Saint Joseph Cathedral, Hanoi stands in Hà Nôi, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bac NinhBac Ninh
- 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
Among the earliest sees in the history of the Catholic Church in Vietnam is the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hanoi (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hanoiensis, Vietnamese: Tổng giáo phận đô thành Hà Nội, French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain d'Hanoï). Its creation in the present form was declared on 24 November 1960. Covering 7,000 km2, the archdiocese has been led by Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên since November 2018.
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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.