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Diocese of Ðà Nang

Danangen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ðà Nang, Vietnam

The Latin rite Diocese of Da Nang in central Vietnam was erected on 18 January 1963 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hue. Its cathedral is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Da Nang. The see is sede vacante following the 2023 transfer of Bishop Joseph Dang Duc Ngan to Hue, where he now serves as archbishop while administering Da Nang.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 January 1963
Latin
Danangen(sis)
Patron
Sacred Heart
Annuario code
001001273

The see in figures

Catholics
73,742
Population
2,763,900
Catholic share
2.7%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
118
Catholics per priest
625
Extent
11,723 km²
Catholics per km²
6.3

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
Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân
Born
16 June 1957
Birthplace
Hà Nôi

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Da Nang stands in Ðà Nang, 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 Hue

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hue.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Declared in its present form on January 18, 1963, the Diocese of Đà Nẵng (Latin: Dioecesis Đànẵngensis) serves central Vietnam across an area of 11,690 km² as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Huế. Sacred Heart Cathedral in Da Nang serves as its cathedral. Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân has been bishop since 2016. By 2004 the diocese counted about 57,870 believers (2.7% of the population), 68 priests, and 38 parishes.

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.

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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].