Diocese of Phan Thiêt
Phanthieten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Phan Thiêt, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam, was erected on 30 January 1975 from territory of the Diocese of Nha Trang. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Phan Thiet.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1975
- Latin
- Phanthieten(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001002591
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 147,000
- Population
- 1,106,012
- Catholic share
- 13.3%
- Priests
- 225
- Catholics per priest
- 653
- Extent
- 7,854 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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 Do Manh Hung
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 Sacred Heart, Phan Thiet stands in Phan Thiêt, 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 My ThoMy Tho
- 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 30 January 1975, the Diocese of Phan Thiết (Latin: Dioecesis Phanthietensis) covers 7,854 km² of Vietnam as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saigon. On 25 July 2009 Pope Benedict XVI selected Monsignor Joseph Vũ Duy Thống as bishop; he served until his death in 2017. By 2004 the diocese counted about 147,000 believers (13.3% of the population), 80 priests, and 64 parishes.
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].