Diocese of My Tho, Vietnam 🇻🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: My Tho / Mỹ Tho (Tiếng Việt) / 美萩 (正體中文) / Mythoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh

Neighbouring Dioceses: Vinh Long (↙), Long Xuyên (←), Kompong Cham (↖), Phú Cuong (↑), Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (↗), Bà Ria (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.11.24: Established as Diocese of My Tho / Mỹ Tho (Tiếng Việt) / 美萩 (正體中文) / Mythoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon and became suffragan of Saigon)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.26 – ...):

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of My Tho (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm (73)
(2014.07.26 – ...)

Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam)

Hãy theo thầy

Born:	1952.10.02 (Ha Dong, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.11.15

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1980.08.30 – 2008.10.15)

Titular Bishop of Trofimiana (2008.10.15 – 2014.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2008.10.15 – 2014.07.26)

Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam) (2014.07.26 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2016.10.05 – 2022.10.07)

Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.09.28 – 2014.07.26)

Bishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc (later Archbishop)
(1999.03.26 – 2013.09.28)

Ad Deum lætitiæ meæ

Born:	1944.11.11 (Ðà Lạt, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.20
Died:	2018.03.06 (Roma, Italy † 73)

Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam) (1999.03.26 – 2013.09.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2013 – 2016.10.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2013.09.28 – 2014.03.22)

Apostolic Administrator of My Tho (Vietnam) (2013.09.28 – 2014.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2014.03.22 – 2018.03.06)

Bishop André Nguyễn Văn Nam
(1989.02.24 – 1999.03.26)

Vui mừng trong thánh giá

Born:	1922.02.24 (Thanh My An, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1952.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.06.10
Died:	2006.03.16 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Puppi (1975.06.06 – 1989.02.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam) (1975.06.06 – 1989.02.24)

Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam) (1989.02.24 – 1999.03.26)

Bishop Joseph Trần Văn Thiện
(1960.11.24 – 1989.02.24)

In Cruce salus

Born:	1908.10.01 (Long Dien, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1935.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.01.22
Died:	1989.02.24 († 80)

Bishop of My Tho (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1989.02.24)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (later Cardinal) (1993.03.22 – 1998.03.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop André Nguyễn Văn Nam (1975.06.06 – 1989.02.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Nhà Thờ Chính Toà Đưc Mẹ Vô Nhiếm Nguyên Tôi, TP Mỹ Tho, Đồng Tháp, Mekong Delta
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Vinh Long (↙), Long Xuyên (←), Kompong Cham (↖), Phú Cuong (↑), Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (↗), Bà Ria (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,589 km²

Population: 134,232 Catholics (2.8% of 4,769,123 total)

Pastoral Centres: 114 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 160 priests (156 diocesan, 4 religious), 291 religious (4 brothers, 287 sisters), 60 seminarians