Diocese of Bùi Chu
Buichuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bùi Chu, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Bui Chu in Nam Dinh Province, northern Vietnam, traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Tonkin erected on 5 September 1848 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, and it has one of the densest Catholic populations in Vietnam at about one third of residents.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Buichuen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000975
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 430,937
- Population
- 1,296,363
- Catholic share
- 33.2%
- Priests
- 227
- Catholics per priest
- 1,898
- Extent
- 1,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 319
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
- Thomas Aquinas Vu Dinh Hieu
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, Bui Chu stands in Bùi Chu, 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 Hai PhòngHai Phòng
- Diocese of Hung HoáHung Hoá
- 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.
History
Roughly four fifths of Nam Định Province by area falls within the Roman Catholic diocese of Bùi Chu (Latin: Dioecesis Buichuensis), including the six districts of Xuân Trường, Giao Thủy, Hải Hậu, Nghĩa Hưng, Trực Ninh, and Nam Trực together with part of Nam Định city. Thomas Aquinas Vũ Đình Hiệu has led the diocese as bishop since August 2013.
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].