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Diocese of Hải Phòng

Dioecesis Haiphongensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 24 November 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hà Nội
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Viet Nam
  • Square Kilometers: 9,079 (3,506 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://gphaiphong.org/
  • Mailing Address: Toa Giam Muc, 46 Hoang Van Thu, Hai Phong, Viet Nam
  • Telephone: (031)3745.387
  • Fax: 3745.765

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}
24 July 1678ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Tonking Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale} (erected)
15 October 1696Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan) (erected)
5 September 1848Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale} (erected)
1 June 1883Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Tonking {Tonkino Settentrionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Hai Phòng
3 December 1924Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Hai Phòng
Diocese of Hải Phòng
24 November 1960ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Hai Phòng Diocese of Hải Phòng

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Hải Phòng
196354,6172,037,4832.7%886,827461ap1971
1979145,0003,152,3904.6%7720,714ap1991
1994160,0003,500,0004.6%108291371,167295063ap2001
2001120,0004,600,0002.6%23235,2175064ap2002
2003110,6355,000,0002.2%29293,8155062ap2004
2004113,0924,654,3172.4%29293,899115062ap2005
2006117,0474,935,2002.4%402422,78627562ap2007
2013136,4005,356,0002.5%605652,09852385ap2014
2016135,0005,150,0002.6%715761,77659586ap2017
2019137,6065,201,5002.6%877941,463712292ap2020
2021141,2685,248,9002.7%10251071,3205131119ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 124
  • Diocese of Hải Phòng
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 346, to Page 350
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