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Diocese of Hai Phòng

Haiphongen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hai Phòng, Vietnam

The Latin rite Diocese of Hai Phong in northern Vietnam traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Tonkin erected on 24 July 1678, renamed Hai Phong in 1924, and was elevated to a diocese on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary in Hai Phong.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 November 1960
Latin
Haiphongen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Rosary
Annuario code
001001567

The see in figures

Catholics
144,890
Population
5,317,960
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.7%
Priests
112
Catholics per priest
1,294
Extent
9,079 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
Vincent Nguyen Van Ban
Born
26 November 1956
Birthplace
Tuy Hoà

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 Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Hai Phong stands in Hai Phòng, 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:

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

History

Catholic institutions first appeared in the territory of northern Vietnam's diocese of Hải Phòng (Latin: Dioecesis Haiphongensis) as early as 1655, brought by French and Spanish missionaries who remained active until the middle of the 20th century. The diocese in its present form was declared on 24 November 1960; it covers 10,000 km2 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi. Vincent Nguyên Văn Ban has been its bishop since 2022.

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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.