The diocese of Ba Ria (Latin: Dioecesis Barianensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. Bà Rịa - a town in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province in the southeast of Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The creation of the diocese was made public on November 22, 2005. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was detached from the diocese of Xuân Lôc. As its first bishop Thomas Nguyên Van Trâm was appointed, who was previously an auxiliary bishop of Xuân Lôc.
The diocese covers an area of 1,975 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The church in Ba Ria, dedicated to the Apostles James and Philip, has been assigned as the cathedral of the diocese. Bà Rịa - a town in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province in the southeast of Vietnam. For people and places called Saint James, see the Saint James disambiguation page Saint Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who proselytized in
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