Roman Catholic Diocese of Hưng Hóa

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The diocese of Hưng Hóa is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

History

François-Marie Savina served in the Hưng Hóa area for 40 years. The current Bishop is Dominic Hoang Minh Tien. 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. 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.

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Tonking (1895-1924)

Vicar Apostolics of Hưng Hóa (1924-1960)

Bishops of Hưng Hóa (1960-present)

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