Catholic Church in Vietnam


Catholic Church in Vietnam
Giáo hội Công giáo Việt Nam
The Cathedrals of Phát Diệm, Bùi Chu, Hanoi, and Saigon represent various architectural styles of Vietnamese, Baroque, Gothic, and Romanesque.
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationLatin
ScriptureBible
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceCatholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam
PopeFrancis
CBCV PresidentJoseph Nguyễn Năng
Apostolic DelegationMarek Zalewski
AssociationsCommittee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (in Vietnamese Fatherland Front), state-controlled
LanguageVietnamese, Latin
Headquarters72/12 Trần Quốc Toản Street, Võ Thị Sáu Ward, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
Origin1533 or 1615
Members7 million (2020)
Official websiteCatholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam

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. 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] The main liturgical rites employed in Vietnam are those of the Latin Church.

  1. ^ Antôn Nguyễn Ngọc Sơn (2020). "Giáo trình lớp Hội nhập Văn hoá Văn hoá Công Giáo Việt Nam".
  2. ^ [1] Archived 18 December 2016 at the Wayback MachineBased on individual diocesan statistics variously reported in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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