Roman Catholic Diocese of Phát Diệm

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Diocese of Phát Diệm Dioecesis de Phat Diem Giáo phận Phát Diệm

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Phát Diệm Cathedral
The coat of arms of Bishop Tùng
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Hà Nội
Coordinates	20°05′40″N 106°04′44″E / 20.09430630°N 106.07899440°E / 20.09430630; 106.07899440
Statistics
Area	1,786 km (690 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 1,060,210 161,550 (15.2%)
Parishes	79
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	- 15 April 1901 (as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Tonking) - 3 December 1924 (renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Phát Diêm) - 7 May 1932 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Thanh Hoá) - 24 November 1960 (promoted as Diocese)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Patron saint	Saints Peter and Paul
Secular priests	136
Language	Vietnamese
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Kiều Công Tùng
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Bishops emeritus	Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến
Website
phatdiem.org

The Diocese of Phát Diệm (Latin: Dioecesis de Phat Diem) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 1,787 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Phát Diêm had about 144,721 believers (15.9% of the population), 31 priests and 65 parishes.

Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Kim Sơn District (Ninh Bình Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. This cathedral complex was built between 1875 and 1899 and comprises four churches and one basilica, as well as several parks, ponds and grottos.

Ordinaries

Vicar apostolic		Period in office	Status	Reference
1	Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.	April 16, 1904 – December 03, 1924	Remained as vicar apostolic of Phát Diệm.

Vicar apostolic		Period in office	Status
1	Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.	December 03, 1924 – September 03, 1935	Resigned
2	Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng	September 03, 1935 – June 08, 1945
3	Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist.	June 14, 1945 – 1959
4	Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo	January 24, 1959 – November 24, 1960	Remained as bishop of Phát Diệm.

Bishop		Period in office	Status
1	Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo	November 24, 1960 – November 03, 1998	Resigned
2	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến	November 03, 1998 – April 14, 2007	Resigned
3	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng	July 25, 2009 – October 19, 2019	Transferred to Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh.
–	Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng	October 19, 2019 – March 25, 2023	Apostolic Administrator
4	Bishop Peter Kiều Công Tùng	March 25, 2023 – present	Current bishop

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
1	Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P.	June 12, 1917 – December 03, 1924

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
1	Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng	January 10, 1933 – September 03, 1935
2	Bishop Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng	May 28, 1940 – May 27, 1944

Coadjutor Bishop		Period in office
1	Bishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh	1963 – May 07, 1974
2	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn thiện Khuyến	December 09, 1976 – December 15, 1981
3	Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến	November 14, 1988 – November 03, 1998

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