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Diocese of Phát Diệm Dioecesis de Phat Diem Giáo phận Phát Diệm | |
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catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Vietnam |
Ecclesiastical province | Hanoi |
Metropolitan | Hanoi |
Coordinates | 20°05′40″N 106°04′44″E / 20.09430630°N 106.07899440°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,787 km2 (690 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 907,520 144,721 (15.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Mary Queen of the Rosary |
Patron saint | Saints Peter and Paul |
Language | Vietnamese |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Kiều Công Tùng |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên |
Bishops emeritus | Joseph Nguyên Van Yên Bishop Emeritus (1998–2007) |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Phát Diệm (Latin: Dioecesis de Phat Diem) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 1,787 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.
By 2004, the diocese of Phát Diêm had about 144,721 believers (15.9% of the population), 31 priests and 65 parishes. [1]
Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Kim Sơn District ( Ninh Bình Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. [2] This cathedral complex was built between 1875 and 1899 and comprises four churches and one basilica, as well as several parks, ponds and grottos.