The diocese of Quy Nhon (Latin, Dioecesis Quinhonensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The bishop is Pierre Nguyên Soan, 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 declared 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 16,200 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hue. 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 Quy Nhon had about 62,520 believers (1. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 7% of the population), 70 priests and 36 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]
Assumption Cathedral in Quy Nhon town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. Qui Nhơn or Quy Nhơn is a coastal city in the Binh Dinh Province of central 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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