Diocese of Kontum - Citizendia

Diocese of Kontum (Latin: Dioecesis Kontumensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The bishop since 2003 is Michel Hoang Ðúc Oanh. More than 10 % of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.

The diocese covers an area of 25,728 km² of central Vietnam. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huê. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic on January 18, 1932. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. On November 24, 1960, it was elevated to a diocese. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1967, some of the territory was split off to form the new diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt.

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General Information on the diocese

Roman Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam
under Council of Bishops of Vietnam

Archdiocese of Hanoi:	Bắc Ninh \| Bùi Chu \| Hải Phòng \| Hưng Hóa \| Lạng Sơn and Cao Bang \| Phát Diệm \| Thái Bình \| Thanh Hóa \| Vinh
Archdiocese of Hue:	Ban Mê Thuột \| Đà Nẵng \| Kontum \| Nha Trang \| Quy Nhơn
Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city:	Bà Rịa \| Cần Thơ \| Đà Lạt \| Long Xuyên \| Mỹ Tho \| Phan Thiết \| Phú Cường \| Vĩnh Long \| Xuân Lộc

This is a list of Roman Catholic Dioceses and Archdioceses in Vietnam.

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