Archdiocese of Hà Nôi
Hanoien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hà Nôi, Vietnam
The Latin rite Archdiocese of Hanoi traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Tonkin erected on 9 September 1659 and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 24 November 1960. It covers the Vietnamese capital and heads the ecclesiastical province of Hanoi with ten suffragan dioceses across northern Vietnam. Its cathedral is Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Hanoien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001578
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 333,200
- Population
- 8,885,360
- Catholic share
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 1,718
- Extent
- 6,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Vu Van Thien
- Born
- 26 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Ke Sat
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
Saint Joseph Cathedral, Hanoi stands in Hà Nôi, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bac NinhBac Ninh
- Diocese of Bùi ChuBùi Chu
- 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
Among the earliest sees in the history of the Catholic Church in Vietnam is the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hanoi (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hanoiensis, Vietnamese: Tổng giáo phận đô thành Hà Nội, French: Archidiocèse Metropolitain d'Hanoï). Its creation in the present form was declared on 24 November 1960. Covering 7,000 km2, the archdiocese has been led by Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên since November 2018.
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].