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The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines , India , China and Indonesia .
In November 2006, the Cua Bac Catholic Church in Hanoi became the venue of joint worship service of the Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants with participation of the United States president George W. Bush, who was on an official visit to Vietnam. Cua Bac Church (Northern Gate Church) has regular sermons and services in the English language and ...
Hàm Long Church (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Hàm Long, French: Église Hàm Long), officially Church of St. Anthony of Padua (French: Église Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue), is a Roman Catholic church in the center district Hoàn Kiếm of Hanoi, Vietnam. The church was built at the end of the 19th century near an old street named Hàm Long from which ...
The cathedral is named after Joseph, the patron saint of Vietnam. Construction began in 1884, with an architectural style resembling the Notre Dame de Paris. The church was one of the first structures built by the colonial government of French Indochina when it opened in December, 1886 and is the oldest church in Hanoi. [1]
Churches from this mission founded the Evangelical Church of Indochina in 1927. Due to the separation of the country in two in 1954, the latter was renamed the Evangelical Church of Vietnam North (ECVN), and officially recognized by the government in 1963. Southern churches founded the Evangelical Church of Vietnam South (SECV), recognized in 2001.
The construction was completed two years later and was called "Saigon Church". When the wooden church was damaged by termites, all church services were held in the guest-chamber of the French Governor's Palace, which turned into a seminary until the Notre-Dame Cathedral was completed. After the design competition, bids were accepted for ...
The two countries only maintain unofficial relations and dialogue, but the historical presence of Christianity in Vietnam has a relatively long history. The first Catholic missionary to Vietnam started at the 15th century. Christian presence became more frequent in the 16th century, with the arrival of French, Polish and Portuguese Jesuits.
Phủ Cam Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Chính tòa Phủ Cam) is a Latin Catholic cathedral in Huế, Vietnam, and seat of the Archdiocese of Huế.Built in almost 40 years (1963—2000) at the site where a Catholic church has existed since the 17th century, this church is one of the largest in Huế.