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The Catholic Church in Vietnam comprises solely a Latin rite hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, comprising three metropolitan archdioceses and 24 suffragan dioceses. There are no Eastern Catholic, (missionary) pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.
The Diocese of Phoenix (Latin: Dioecesis Phoenicensis; Spanish: Diócesis de Phoenix) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, in western and central Arizona in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Diocese of Phoenix was established on December 2, 1969.
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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 diocese covers an area of 9,262 km 2 and is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. By 2021, the diocese of Mỹ Tho had about 138,102 Catholics (3.0% of the population), 148 priests and 113 parishes. [2] Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Mỹ Tho town has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. [3]
It was erected on 14 October 1965, as Diocese of Xuân Lôc / Xuân Lộc (Tiếng Việt) / 春祿 (正體中文) / Xuanlocen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh city) On 22 November 2005, it lost part of its territory to establish the Diocese of Ba Ria.
The Diocese of Phan Thiết (Latin: Dioecesis Phanthietensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. On 25 July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI selected Monsignor Joseph Vũ Duy Thống as bishop, who served until his death in 2017. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared 30 January 1975.