Diocese of Phát Diêm
de Phat Diem
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Phát Diêm, Vietnam
The Latin rite Diocese of Phat Diem in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam, was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Tonkin on 15 April 1901, renamed Phat Diem in 1924, and elevated to a diocese on 24 November 1960. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, its cathedral is the celebrated Cathedral of the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary (Phat Diem Cathedral) in Kim Son.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1960
- Latin
- de Phat Diem
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001002592
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 161,550
- Population
- 1,060,210
- Catholic share
- 15.2%
- Priests
- 136
- Catholics per priest
- 1,188
- Extent
- 1,786 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 90
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 Kieu Cong Tung
- Born
- 24 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Thu Duc
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 Queen of the Most Holy Rosary stands in Phát Diêm, 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 Hanoi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hanoi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Hà NôiHà Nôi
- Diocese of Bac NinhBac Ninh
- Diocese of Bùi ChuBùi Chu
- Diocese of Hai PhòngHai Phòng
- Diocese of Hung HoáHung Hoá
- Diocese of Hà TinhHà Tinh
- Diocese of Lang Són et Cao BangLang Són et Cao Bang
- Diocese of Thanh HóaThanh Hóa
- Diocese of Thái BìnhThái Bình
- Diocese of VinhVinh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
One of the smaller Vietnamese sees by territory at 1,787 km², the Diocese of Phát Diệm (Latin: Dioecesis de Phat Diem) was declared in its present form on November 24, 1960, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hanoi. Its cathedral is Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Kim Sơn District, Ninh Bình Province, a complex built between 1875 and 1899 that comprises four churches and one basilica alongside several parks, ponds, and grottos. By 2004 the diocese counted about 144,721 believers (15.9% of the population), 31 priests, and 65 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].