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Diocese of Ðà Lat Dioecesis Dalatensis Giáo phận Ðà Lạt
Đa Lạt Cathedral
The coat of arms of Bishop Mạnh
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Sài Gòn
Statistics
Area	9,764 km (3,770 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,169,925 299,339 (25.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 November 1960
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Bishops emeritus	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương
Website
giaophandalat.com

The Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Saigon in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari, in the southern city of Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province, Central Highlands.

Its present Bishop is Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh, since September 16, 2019.

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 368,487 Catholics (27.8% of 1,325,000 total) on 9,764 km in 87 parishes and 16 missions with 259 priests (143 diocesan, 116 religious), 1,413 lay religious (501 brothers, 912 sisters) and 69 seminarians. Many of its faithful belong to ethnic minorities.

History

• The bishopric was created on November 24, 1960, as Diocese of Đà Lat / Ðàlạt (Tiếng Việt) / 大叻 (正體中文) / Dalaten(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kontum
• On 22 June 1967 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Đà Lat

• Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền (24 November 1960 – death 5 September 1973), previously Titular Bishop of Sagalassus (1955.09.20 – 1960.11.24) as Apostolic Vicar of Saigon (Vietnam) (1955.09.20 – 1960.11.24)
• Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. (30 January 1975 – 23 March 1994), next Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – death 2003.06.09)
• Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (23 March 1994 – 22 April 2010), also President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2007 – 2013); succeeded as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Đà Lat (1991.10.11 – 1994.03.23); next Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (2010.05.13 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo (2015.02.14 – ...)
• Antoine Vũ Huy Chương (1 March 2011 – ...); previously Bishop of Hưng Hóa (Vietnam) (2003.08.05 – 2011.03.01)
  • Coadjutor Bishop (2017.04.08 – ...): Bishop-elect Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh

Other secular clergy who became bishops

• Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa (priest here until 1968), appointed Bishop of Phan Thiết in 1975 and shortly after Bishop of Nha Trang (later President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Việt Nam)
• Paul Bùi Văn Đọc, appointed Bishop of Mỹ Tho in 1999, later Coadjutor Archbishop of Hồ Chi Minh City, and subsequently succeeded as well as President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Việt Nam
• Joseph Võ Đức Minh, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang in 2005 and subsequently succeeded
• Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường, appointed Bishop of Thanh Hóa in 2018

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Vietnam

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
• General Information on the diocese

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Province of Hanoi	Archdiocese of Hà Nội Diocese of Bắc Ninh Diocese of Bùi Chu Diocese of Hà Tĩnh Diocese of Hải Phòng Diocese of Hưng Hóa Diocese of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng Diocese of Phát Diệm Diocese of Thái Bình Diocese of Thanh Hóa Diocese of Vinh
Province of Hue	Archdiocese of Huế Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột Diocese of Đà Nẵng Diocese of Kon Tum Diocese of Nha Trang Diocese of Qui Nhơn
Province of Saigon	Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City Diocese of Bà Rịa Diocese of Cần Thơ Diocese of Đà Lạt Diocese of Long Xuyên Diocese of Mỹ Tho Diocese of Phan Thiết Diocese of Phú Cường Diocese of Vĩnh Long Diocese of Xuân Lộc
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