Roman Catholic Diocese of Kon Tum

Diocese of Kon Tum (Latin: Dioecesis Kontumensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2015 is Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị. More than 16% of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.

Diocese of Kon Tum Dioecesis Kontumensis Giáo phận Kontum
Kontum Cathedral
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Huế
Metropolitan	Huế
Statistics
Area	25,728 km^2 (9,934 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2013) 1,775,200 291,063 (16.4%)
Parishes	94
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1932 (as Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum) 1960 (as Diocese of Kontum)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kon Tum
Secular priests	103
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Bishops emeritus	Michael Hoàng Đức Oanh Peter Trần Thanh Chung
Website
giaophankontum.com

The diocese covers an area of 25,728 km² of central Vietnam. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic on January 18, 1932. On November 24, 1960, it was elevated to a diocese. In 1967, some of the territory was split off to form the new Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic

• Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. (10 January 1933 - 16 July 1940)
• Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. (23 December 1941 - 19 August 1951)
• Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. (19 June 1952 - 24 November 1960)

Bishops

• Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. (24 November 1960 - 2 October 1975)
• Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc (2 October 1975 - 8 April 1995)
• Peter Trần Thanh Chung (8 April 1995 - 16 July 2003)
• Michael Hoàng Ðức Oanh (16 July 2003 - 7 October 2015)
• Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị (7 October 2015 – present)

External links

• General Information on the diocese