Diocese of

Ban Mê Thuôt

Vietnam

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ban Mê Thuôt / Ban Mê Thuột (Tiếng Việt) / Buôn Ma Thuột (Tiếng Việt) / 邦美蜀 (正體中文) / Banmethuorten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Huê

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kompong Cham (←), Kontum (↑), Quy Nhon (↗), Nha Trang (↘), Đà Lat (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1967.06.22: Established as Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt / Ban Mê Thuột (Tiếng Việt) / Buôn Ma Thuột (Tiếng Việt) / 邦美蜀 (正體中文) / Banmethuorten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Đà Lat and Diocese of Kontum and became suffragan of Huê)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.07.13 – ...):

Bishop John Baptist Nguyễn Huy Bắc (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ban Mê Thuôt (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Nguyễn Huy Bắc (58)
(2024.07.13 – ...)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)

Có Chúa cùng hoạt động

Born:	1967.10.15 (Ban Mê Thuột, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	2000.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.08.22

Priest of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2000.03.01 – 2024.07.13)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2024.07.13 – ...)

Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.03.19 – 2024.07.13)

Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản (69)
(2009.02.21 – 2022.03.19)

Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Spiritu ambulate

Born:	1956.11.25 (Tuy Hoà, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1993.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.12

Priest of Quy Nhon (Vietnam) (1993.09.16 – 2009.02.21)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2009.02.21 – 2022.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2022.03.19 – 2024.07.13)

Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) (2022.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.05.17 – 2009.02.21)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tích Đức
(2000.12.29 – 2006.05.17)

Induite novum hominem

Born:	1938.02.22 (But Dong, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.17
Died:	2011.05.23 († 73)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (1997.04.21 – 2000.12.29)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2000.12.29 – 2006.05.17)

Bishop Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực
(1990.08.04 – 2000.12.29)

Dives in misericordia

Born:	1925.10.25 (Hà Hôi, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1954.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.08.15
Died:	2011.09.23 († 85)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (1981.06.19 – 1990.08.04)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (1990.08.04 – 2000.12.29)

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai
(1967.06.22 – 1990.08.04)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:	1913.07.03 (Khuyèn Luong, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.15
Died:	1990.08.04 († 77)

Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (1967.06.22 – 1990.08.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tích Đức (1997.04.21 – 2000.12.29)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực (1981.06.19 – 1990.08.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Nhà Thờ Chính Toà Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu, TP Ban Mê Thuột, Đắk Lắk, Central Highlands
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Kompong Cham (←), Kontum (↑), Quy Nhon (↗), Nha Trang (↘), Đà Lat (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,475 km²

Population: 468,836 Catholics (14.3% of 3,285,606 total)

Pastoral Centres: 118 parishes

Personnel: 233 priests (189 diocesan, 44 religious), 983 religious (114 brothers, 869 sisters), 129 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.04.13

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