Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt

The Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) 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 Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Ðà Lat

Dioecesis Dalatensis

Giáo phận Ðà Lạt
Đa Lạt Cathedral
Location
Country Vietnam
Ecclesiastical provinceHo Chi Minh
MetropolitanHo Chi Minh
Statistics
Area9,764 km2 (3,770 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2006)
1,169,925
299,339 (25.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established24 November 1960
CathedralCathedral of St Nicholas of Myra in Da Lat
Patron saintOur Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAntoine Vũ Huy Chương
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Nguyễn Năng
CoadjutorDominic Nguyen Van Manh[1]
Website
simonhoadalat.com

Its cathedral episcopal see is Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Thánh Nicola 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
  • The bishopric was created on November 24, 1960 as Diocese of Đà Lat / Ðàlạt (Tiếng Việt) / 大叻 (正體中文) / Dalaten(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kontum
  • On 22 June 1967 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Đà Lat
  • Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền (24 November 1960 – death 5 September 1973), previously Titular Bishop of Sagalassus (1955.09.20 – 1960.11.24) as Apostolic Vicar of Saigon (Vietnam) (1955.09.20 – 1960.11.24)
  • Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (30 January 1975 – 23 March 1994), next Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – death 2003.06.09)
  • Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (23 March 1994 – 22 April 2010), also President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2007 – 2013); succeeded as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Đà Lat (1991.10.11 – 1994.03.23); next Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (2010.05.13 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo (2015.02.14 [2015.12.06] – ...)
  • Antoine Vũ Huy Chương (1 March 2011 – ...); previously Bishop of Hưng Hóa (Vietnam) (2003.08.05 – 2011.03.01)

See also

References
  1. "Pope Francis appoints coadjutor bishop in Vietnam". www.archivioradiovaticana.va. Retrieved Aug 15, 2019.


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