Archdiocese of Huê
Huéen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Huê, Vietnam
The Latin rite Archdiocese of Hue in central Vietnam was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Cochinchina on 27 August 1850 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 24 November 1960. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Hue with five suffragan dioceses (Ban Me Thuot, Da Nang, Kontum, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon). Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Phu Cam Cathedral).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Huéen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of La Vang
- Annuario code
- 001001623
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 68,303
- Population
- 1,796,240
- Catholic share
- 3.8%
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 478
- Extent
- 9,823 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.0
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 Dang Duc Ngan
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 Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Huê, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ban Mê ThuôtBan Mê Thuôt
- Diocese of KontumKontum
- Diocese of Nha TrangNha Trang
- Diocese of Quy NhonQuy Nhon
- Diocese of Ðà NangÐà Nang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Vietnam's Archdiocese of Huế (Latin: Archidioecesis Huéensis) took its present form by declaration on 24 November 1960 and covers an area of 12,227 km2. Since 2016 it has been led by Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, previously the Bishop of Thanh Hóa. Five suffragan sees answer to it: the Dioceses of Ban Mê Thuột, Đà Nẵng, Kontum, Nha Trang, and Quy Nhơn.
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].