Roman Catholic Diocese of Thanh Hóa

The Diocese of Thanh Hóa (Latin: Dioecesis de Thanh Hoa) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2018 is Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường. Of the three million persons living in its area about 3% are Roman Catholics.

Diocese of Thanh Hóa

Dioecesis de Thanh Hoa

Giáo phận Thanh Hóa
Location
Country Vietnam
Ecclesiastical provinceHanoi
MetropolitanHanoi
Statistics
Area11,168 km2 (4,312 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2008)
4,300,000
137,195 (3.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Thanh Hóa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph Nguyễn Đức Cường
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Website
gpthanhhoa.org

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]

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