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Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Nam Định of Bùi Chu diocese; Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ of Cần Thơ diocese; St Nicholas of Bari Cathedral in Da Lat of Đà Lạt diocese; Sacred Heart Cathedral in Da Nang of Đà Nẵng diocese; St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi of Hà Nội archdiocese; Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Hải ...
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Vietnam (8 P) This page was last edited on 29 June 2016, at 13:31 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Pages in category "Churches in Vietnam" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. L. List of cathedrals in Vietnam
Pages in category "Roman Catholic cathedrals in Vietnam" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
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.
The total cost was 2,500,000 French francs (nominal price of the mid to late 19th century). At the beginning, the cathedral was called State Cathedral due to the source of the construction funds. In 1895, two bell towers were added to the cathedral, each 57.6 m high with six bronze bells with the total weight of 28.85 metric tonnes. The crosses ...
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]
Churches in Vietnam (5 C, 1 P) H. Religious buildings and structures in Hanoi (2 C) Religious buildings and structures in Ho Chi Minh City (3 C, 4 P) M.