Diocese of Phú Cuong, Vietnam 🇻🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Phú Cuong / Phú Cường (Tiếng Việt) / 富强 (正體中文) / Phycuongen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kompong Cham (↖), Đà Lat (↗), Xuân Lôc (→), Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (↘), My Tho (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 25

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.10.14: Established as Diocese of Phú Cuong / Phú Cường (Tiếng Việt) / 富强 (正體中文) / Phycuongen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon and became suffragan of Saigon)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (67)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Phú Cuong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (67)
(2012.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:	1958.09.22 (Chanh Hiep, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.04.29

Priest of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1991.04.04 – 2011.03.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (2011.03.14 – 2012.06.30)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (2012.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Pierre Trần Ðình Tứ (89)
(1998.11.05 – 2012.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Phú Cuong (Vietnam)

Yêu rồi làm

Born:	1937.03.02 (Thái Bình, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1965.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.01.06

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1965.04.29 – 1998.11.05)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1998.11.05 – 2012.06.30)

Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh
(1993.05.10 – 1995.02.22)

Kiên nhẫn thắng mọi sự

Born:	1913.06.21 (Cân Tho, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.10
Died:	1995.02.22 († 81)

Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1982.06.08 – 1993.05.10)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1993.05.10 – 1995.02.22)

Bishop Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên
(1965.10.14 – 1993.05.10)

Gratia Dei mecum

Born:	1907.05.02 (Thanh My, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1934.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.01.06
Died:	1997.02.15 († 89)

Bishop of Phú Cuong (Vietnam) (1965.10.14 – 1993.05.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (67) (2011.03.14 – 2012.06.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh (1982.06.08 – 1993.05.10)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của (1976.02.22 – 1982.06.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Nhà Thờ Chính Toà Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu, TX Thủ Dầu Một, Hồ Chí Minh, Southeastern
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Kompong Cham (↖), Đà Lat (↗), Xuân Lôc (→), Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (↘), My Tho (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,543 km²

Population: 167,866 Catholics (3.5% of 4,799,734 total)

Pastoral Centres: 113 parishes

Personnel: 197 priests (158 diocesan, 39 religious), 1,424 religious (518 brothers, 906 sisters), 68 seminarians