Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville
Hochiminhopolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, Vietnam
The Latin rite Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City traces to the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Cochinchina erected in 1844, was renamed the Vicariate of Saigon in 1924, elevated to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon on 24 November 1960, and took its present name in 1976 after the city's renaming. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Saigon with nine suffragan dioceses across southern Vietnam. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 November 1976
- Latin
- Hochiminhopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001003215
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 722,098
- Population
- 8,465,401
- Catholic share
- 8.5%
- Priests
- 379
- Catholics per priest
- 1,905
- Extent
- 2,093 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 345
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Nguyen Nang
- Born
- 24 November 1953
- Birthplace
- Phuc Nhac
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 Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception stands in Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, 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)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cân ThoCân Tho
- Diocese of Long XuyênLong Xuyên
- 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
Serving southern Vietnam, the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Tổng giáo phận Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Latin: Archidioecesis Hochiminhopolitana) is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory. It ranks as by far the country's largest diocese by population and second in number of Catholics, though, as with most large cities, its footprint is comparatively small at 2,390 km2 (920 sq mi).
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].