The diocese of Đà Nẵng is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. The bishop is Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri since 2006.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared January 18, 1963.

The diocese covers an area of 11,690 km², and is a suffragan diocese

Suffragan Diocese

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 of the Archdiocese of Hue.

By 2004, the diocese of Ðà Nang had about 57,870 believers (2.7% of the population), 68 priest

Priest

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s and 38 parish

Parish

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Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart

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 Cathedral in Da Nang

Da Nang

Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...

 has been assigned as the Cathedral

Cathedral

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 of the diocese

Diocese

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Bishops

• Pierre Marie Pham-Ngoc-Chi (January 18 1963 - January 21 1988)
• François Xavier Nguyên Quang Sách (January 21 1988 - November 6 2000)
• Paul Nguyên Binh Tinh, P.S.S. (November 6 2000 - May 13 2006)
• Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri (since May 13 2006)