Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Ðà Lat
Latin:Dioecesis Dalatensis
Local:Giáo phận Ðà Lạt
Coat:Coat of arms of Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh.svg
Coat Size:200px
Coat Caption:The coat of arms of Bishop Mạnh
Province:Sài Gòn
Area Km2:9,764
Population:1,169,925
Population As Of:2006
Catholics:299,339
Catholics Percent:25.6
Denomination:Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:24 November 1960
Cathedral:Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari
Patron:Our Lady of the Rosary
Bishop:Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
Metro Archbishop:Joseph Nguyễn Năng
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Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops: Antoine Vũ Huy Chương

The Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis|links=no) is a Latin suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari, in the southern city of Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province, Central Highlands.

Its present Bishop is Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh, since September 16, 2019.

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 368,487 Catholics (27.8% of 1,325,000 total) on 9,764 km2 in 87 parishes and 16 missions with 259 priests (143 diocesan, 116 religious), 1,413 lay religious (501 brothers, 912 sisters) and 69 seminarians. Many of its faithful belong to ethnic minorities.

History

Ordinaries

Bishops of Đà Lat

Other secular clergy who became bishops

See also

Sources and external links

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