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Vietnam: Hanoi: Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Sở Kiện: 2010 [22] Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception: 1959 [23] Vietnam: La Vang "Old" Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang (Destroyed in 1972) 1961: Vietnam: Nam Định: Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Phu Nhai: 2008
Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnamese: Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam.The Shrine of our Lady of La Vang (Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang) is situated in what is today Hải Phú commune in Hải Lăng District of Quảng Trị Province in Central Vietnam.
Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, China and Indonesia. There are about 7 million Catholics in Vietnam, representing 7.4% of the total population. [1] There are 27 dioceses (including three archdioceses) with 2,228 parishes and 2,668 priests. [2]
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The basilica rises to a height of 30 meters and is flanked by two bell towers, each of which are 44 meter long. The bell towers contain 4 bells, each of which weighs two tons. [1] The altar of the basilica. In front of the church, there is a square with two monuments. On the left is a 15-meter-tall tomb for 83 martyrs.
In 1960, Pope John XXIII erected Roman Catholic dioceses in Vietnam and assigned archbishops to Hanoi, Huế and Saigon. The cathedral was titled Saigon Chief Cathedral. In 1962, Pope John XXIII anointed the Saigon Chief Cathedral, and conferred it the status of a basilica. From this time, this cathedral was called Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral ...
The Elpidios Basilica – Basilica B – was of similar age, and the city was home to a large complex of ecclesiastical buildings including Basilica G, with its luxurious mosaic floors and a mid-6th century inscription proclaiming the patronage of the bishop Peter. Outside the defensive wall was Basilica D, a 7th-century cemetery church. [60]
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam: [1] Mary Mother of God Cathedral in Bà Rịa of Bà Rịa diocese; Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Bắc Ninh of Bắc Ninh diocese; Sacred Heart Cathedral in Buôn Ma Thuột of Buôn Ma Thuột diocese; Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Nam Định of Bùi Chu diocese