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Suffragan diocese Phan Thiêt, Vietnam

Diocese of Phan Thiêt

Phanthieten(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Phan Thiet, in Phan Thiêt, Vietnam.

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Established
1975
Catholics
147,000
Priests
225
Territory
7,854 km²

Parishes and churches

118 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Joseph Do Manh Hung

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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.

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.