Diocese of Ðà Lat
Dalaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ðà Lat, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Da Lat covers Lam Dong Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, erected on 24 November 1960 from territory of the Apostolic Vicariates of Saigon and Kontum. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari in Da Lat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Dalaten(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001001263
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 417,680
- Population
- 1,464,100
- Catholic share
- 28.5%
- Priests
- 369
- Catholics per priest
- 1,132
- Extent
- 9,764 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
of the people living within its bounds
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 Nguyen Van Manh
- Born
- 12 August 1955
- 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 Saint Nicholas of Bari, Da Lat stands in Ðà Lat, 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:
- Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh VilleThành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville
- Diocese of Cân ThoCân Tho
- Diocese of Long XuyênLong Xuyên
- Diocese of My ThoMy Tho
- Diocese of Phan ThiêtPhan Thiêt
- Diocese of Phú CuongPhú Cuong
- Diocese of Vinh LongVinh Long
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon, though it depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari in the southern city of Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh has been its bishop since September 16, 2019.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].