Diocese of My Tho
Mythoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · My Tho, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of My Tho in southern Vietnam was erected on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in My Tho.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- Mythoën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter Nguyễn Văn Lựu
- Annuario code
- 001002329
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 138,102
- Population
- 4,194,184
- Catholic share
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 160
- Catholics per priest
- 863
- Extent
- 9,262 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Peter Nguyen Van Kham
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 Conception, My Tho stands in My Tho, 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 Long XuyênLong Xuyên
- 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
Southern Vietnam's Roman Catholic Diocese of Mỹ Tho (Latin: Dioecesis Mythoënsis) is led by Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm, formerly Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, whom Pope Francis appointed on July 26, 2014, and who was installed a month later. His predecessor, Paul Bùi Văn Đọc, had been named Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City in September 2013 and its Archbishop in March 2014.
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].