Diocese of Long Xuyên
Longxuyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Long Xuyên, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Long Xuyen in Vietnam's Mekong Delta was erected on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Queen of Peace Cathedral in Long Xuyen, An Giang Province.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Longxuyen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001002045
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 233,018
- Population
- 4,356,037
- Catholic share
- 5.3%
- Priests
- 285
- Catholics per priest
- 818
- Extent
- 10,243 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Joseph Tran Van Toan
- Born
- 7 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Thái Bình
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
Queen of Peace Cathedral, Long Xuyen stands in Long Xuyên, 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 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh VilleThành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville
- Diocese of Cân ThoCân Tho
- Diocese of My ThoMy Tho
- Diocese of Phan ThiêtPhan Thiêt
- Diocese of Phú CuongPhú Cuong
- Diocese of Vinh LongVinh Long
- Diocese of Ðà LatÐà Lat
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Declared in its present form on November 24, 1960, the Latin Catholic diocese of Long Xuyên (Latin: Dioecesis Longxuyensis) covers 10,243 km² as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city. Queen of Peace Cathedral in Long Xuyên town serves as its cathedral. By 2016 the diocese counted about 247,000 believers (5.9% of the population), 275 priests, and 186 parishes. Joseph Trần Văn Toản has been its bishop since 2019.
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].