Diocese of Bà Ria
Barianen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bà Ria, Vietnam
The Diocese of Bà Rịa is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in southeastern Vietnam, erected in 2005 from territory of Xuân Lộc. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Saigon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 November 2005
- Latin
- Barianen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001000831
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,375
- Population
- 1,181,302
- Catholic share
- 24.2%
- Priests
- 228
- Catholics per priest
- 1,256
- Extent
- 1,988 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 144
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
- Emmanuel Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
- Born
- 2 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Bình Truoc
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 Philip and Saint James stands in Bà Ria, 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 Saigon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Xuân LôcXuân Lôc
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southeastern Vietnam's city of Bà Rịa, in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province, is the seat of a Latin rite suffragan diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Barianensis) 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 Mary, Mother of God, dedicated to the Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James.
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].