Diocese of Phan Thiêt, Vietnam

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Phan Thiêt / Phan Thiết (Tiếng Việt) / 藩切 (正體中文) / Phanthieten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1975.01.30: Established as Diocese of Phan Thiêt / Phan Thiết (Tiếng Việt) / 藩切 (正體中文) / Phanthieten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nha Trang and became suffragan of Saigon)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.03 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng (67)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

Ordinaries

Bishops of Phan Thiêt (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng (67)
(2019.12.03 – ...)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

In unitatem fidei

Born:	1957.09.15 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.04

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1990.08.30 – 2016.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Liberalia (2016.06.25 – 2019.12.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2016.06.25 – 2019.12.03)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (2019.12.03 – ...)

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

Bishop Joseph Vũ Duy Thống
(2009.07.25 – 2017.03.01)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1952.07.02 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1985.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.17
Died:	2017.03.01 († 64)

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1985.10.26 – 2001.07.04)

Titular Bishop of Tortiboli (2001.07.04 – 2009.07.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2001.07.04 – 2009.07.25)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (2009.07.25 – 2017.03.01)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan
(2005.04.01 – 2009.07.25)

Tin Mừng Cho Người Nghèo Khó / Evangelium egens

Born:	1932.11.11 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1965.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.11
Died:	2014.08.18 († 81)

Priest of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (1965.04.29 – 2001.07.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (2001.07.04 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (2005.04.01 – 2009.07.25)

Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi
(1979.12.06 – 2005.04.01)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1927.05.01 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.08.11
Died:	2015.05.06 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Selsey (1974.07.01 – 1979.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1974.07.01 – 1979.12.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (1975 – 1979.12.06)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (1979.12.06 – 2005.04.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1993 – 1998.03.01)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà
(1975.01.30 – 1975.04.25)

Trong tinh thần và chân lý / In spiritu et veritate

Born:	1931.07.20 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.05
Died:	2017.02.14 († 85)

Bishop of Phan Thiêt (Vietnam) (1975.01.30 – 1975.04.25)

Bishop of Nha Trang (Vietnam) (1975.04.25 – 2009.12.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2001 – 2007)

Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam) (2006.05.17 – 2009.02.21)

Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi
(Apostolic Administrator 1975 – 1979.12.06)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan (2001.07.04 – 2005.04.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Nhà Thờ Chình Toà Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu, TP Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, South Central Coast

Xuân Lôc (←), Đà Lat (↑), Nha Trang (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,942 km²

Population: 192,112 Catholics (15.4% of 1,246,306 total)

Pastoral Centres: 102 parishes

Personnel: 225 priests (186 diocesan, 39 religious), 978 religious (151 brothers, 827 sisters), 75 seminarians