Diocese of Ðà Lat Dioecesis Dalatensis Giáo phận Ðà Lạt | |
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Location | |
Country | Vietnam |
Ecclesiastical province | Ho Chi Minh |
Metropolitan | Ho Chi Minh |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,764 km2 (3,770 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,169,925 299,339 (25.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 24 November 1960 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Nicholas of Myra in Da Lat |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Rosary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Dominic Nguyen Van Manh |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Nguyễn Năng |
Bishops emeritus | Antoine Vũ Huy Chương |
Website | |
simonhoadalat.com |
The Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Thánh Nicola Bari, in the southern city of Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province, Central Highlands.
Its present Bishop is Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh, since September 16, 2019.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 368,487 Catholics (27.8% of 1,325,000 total) on 9,764 km2 in 87 parishes and 16 missions with 259 priests (143 diocesan, 116 religious), 1,413 lay religious (501 brothers, 912 sisters) and 69 seminarians. Many of its faithful belong to ethnic minorities.
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