Roman Catholic Diocese of Hưng Hóa

The diocese of Hưng Hóa (Latin: Dioecesis Hung Hoaënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

Diocese of Hung Hoá Dioecesis Hung Hoaensis Giáo Phận Hung Hoá
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Hanoi
Metropolitan	Hanoi
Statistics
Area	54,351 km^2 (20,985 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 6,581,000 205,020 (3.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Therese of the Child Jesus in Sơn Tây
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jean Marie Vu Tât
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

François-Marie Savina served in the Hưng Hóa area for 40 years.[1]

Until Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Bishop of Hung Hoa had been Antoine Vu Huy Chuong; he had held the post since 2003. Pope Benedict XVI named him the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Da Lat, another diocese in Vietnam, a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. He will be succeeded as Bishop of Hung Hoa by his Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) Jean Marie Vu Tat, 67.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 54,351 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Hung Hóa had about 198,000 believers (3.1% of the population), 24 priests and 73 parishes.[2] In 2011, it had 222,647 Catholics, 54 priests, and 191 religious.

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Cathedral in Trung Son Tay commune (Hà Tây Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[3]

References

1. Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation -Charles Keith - 2012 Page 123 "The most notable of these authors was François-Marie Savina, who during his nearly forty years in the hưng hóa region ... From the 1880s until the First World War, much of the increasingly literate French population learned about the nation's ..."
2. Catholic Hierarchy Directory
3. GCatholic.org