Roman Catholic Diocese of Thanh Hoa

The diocese of Thanh Hóa (Latin: Dioecesis de Thanh Hoa) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2004 is Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh. Of the three million persons living in its area about 3% are Roman Catholics.

The diocese covers an area of 11,168 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hà Nôi. It was erected on May 7, 1932 as a Vicariate Apostolic. On November 24, 1960 it was elevated to a diocese.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Thanh Hoa city has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[1]

References

1. ^ Giga Catholic Information

External links

• catholic-hierarchy.org
• Official web-site of Diocese of Thanh Hoa

Roman Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam under Council of Bishops of Vietnam
Archdiocese of Hà Nội: Bắc Ninh | Bùi Chu | Hải Phòng | Hưng Hóa | Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng | Phát Diệm | Thái Bình | Thanh Hóa | Vinh Archdiocese of Huế: Ban Mê Thuột | Đà Nẵng | Kontum | Nha Trang | Quy Nhơn Archdiocese of Hồ Chí Minh city: Bà Rịa | Cần Thơ | Đà Lạt | Long Xuyên | Mỹ Tho | Phan Thiết | Phú Cường | Vĩnh Long | Xuân Lộc

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