The diocese of My Tho (Latin, Dioecesis Mythoensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The bishop is Paul Bùi Van Ðoc, since 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
The creation of the diocese in present form was decalared November 24, 1960. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The diocese covers an area of 9,262 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
By 2004, the diocese of My Tho had about 111,454 believers (2. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 6% of the population), 82 priests and 63 parishes. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches [1]
Immaculate Conception Cathedral in My Tho town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. For dogmatic context see Roman Catholic Mariology. For artistic depictions see Roman Catholic Marian art. Mỹ Tho is the capital city and municipality of the Tiền Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. [2]
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| Roman Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam under Council of Bishops of Vietnam |
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