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Diocese of Phú Cường

Dioecesis Phucuongensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 October 1965
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Viet Nam
  • Square Kilometers: 9,543 (3,685 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Toa Giam Muc, 104 Lac Long Quan, Tx. Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong, Viet Nam
  • Telephone: (0650)3822.860
  • Fax: 3821.343

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 October 1965ErectedArchdiocese of Saigon (Phuoc-Thanh, Binh-Duong, Tay-Mnh, and Bin-Long) Diocese of Phú Cường (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197051,708726,6197.1%576638201111617ap1971
197450,494887,0565.7%524569013517114ap1991
199584,9942,000,0004.2%651661,2875126768ap2000
1999103,5632,150,0004.8%645691,5003217358ap2003
2003111,3112,311,4044.8%91101011,1025921364ap2004
2004113,2382,240,8575.1%91101011,1214818464ap2005
2013141,2392,953,9374.8%1214016187719257796ap2014
2016144,2223,356,0004.3%13327160901451664103ap2017
2019154,8714,037,5003.8%13527162955436794107ap2020
2021165,0024,381,2063.8%14735182906494875112ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 545, and Page 546

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