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Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn; French: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội; French: Basilique ...
From 1954 to 1975, Vietnam was split into North and South Vietnam. During a 300-day period where the border between the two sides was temporarily open, many North Vietnamese Catholics fled southward out of fear that they would be persecuted by the Viet Minh.
By 2004, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City had about 602,478 believers (11.0% of the population), 519 priests and 195 parishes. [2] The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city is a "sister" diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (United States) since 2008. [3]
The St. Nicholas Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Chính tòa Đà Lạt, French: Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas) also called St. Nicholas of Bari Cathedral (Nhà thờ Chính tòa Thánh Nicola Bari) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (alternatively still called Saigon), located in Da Lat, the capital of Lam Dong province ...
Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard (Vietnamese: Đường Tôn Đức Thắng) is a thoroughfare in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The boulevard stretches from Lê Duẩn Boulevard to the north end of the Khánh Hội Bridge , with more than half of its length running along the west bank of the Saigon River .
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]
Tân Định church (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Tân Định) is a Roman Catholic church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its formal name is the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu). Even though it is in District 3, the parish shares its name with neighbouring District 1's Tân Định Ward.
The diocese of Hải Phòng (Latin: Dioecesis Haiphongensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Vietnam.The bishop is Vincent Nguyên Văn Ban, since 2022. The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared 24 November 1960. The earliest forms of Roman Catholic institutions appeared in that territory since 1655, with