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The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines , India , China and Indonesia .
The Catholic Church in Vietnam comprises solely a Latin rite hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, comprising three metropolitan archdioceses and 24 suffragan dioceses. There are no Eastern Catholic, (missionary) pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.
Archdiocese of Saigon (Vietnamese: Tổng giáo phận Sài Gòn, Latin: Archidioecesis Saigonensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the south of Vietnam. By far the largest diocese in the country by population of people and second in the number of Catholics, yet like most big cities it only covers a small area of 2,390 km 2 ...
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Hue (6 P) Pages in category "Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Vietnam" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The diocese of Cần Thơ (Latin: Dioecesis Canthoënsis) 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 13,257 km 2 (5,119 sq mi), and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Vietnam (3 C, ... Pages in category "Catholic Church in Vietnam" ... a non-profit organization.
The first Catholic missionaries visited Vietnam from Portugal and Spain in the 16th century. In 1524, Portuguese merchant Duarte Coelho's fleet arrived in Hội An, central Vietnam, to trade, bringing along Catholic missionaries. [4] A missionary named I-nê-khu arrived in Nam Định, northern Vietnam, in 1533.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ho Chi Minh City" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .