Diocese of Hung Hoá
Hung Hoaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hung Hoá, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Hung Hoa in northwestern Vietnam was erected as an Apostolic Vicariate on 15 April 1895 and elevated to a diocese on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi covering roughly 58,000 km2, its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Therese the Little Flower of Jesus in Son Loc.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Hung Hoaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001629
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 267,400
- Population
- 8,010,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 189
- Catholics per priest
- 1,415
- Extent
- 58,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.6
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 Hoang Minh Tien
- Born
- 7 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Bao Loc
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 Therese the Little Flower of Jesus, Son Loc stands in Hung Hoá, 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 Bac NinhBac Ninh
- Diocese of Bùi ChuBùi Chu
- Diocese of Hai PhòngHai Phòng
- 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.
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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.