Diocese of Phát Diệm

The Diocese of Phát Diệm (Latin: Dioecesis de Phat Diem) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

Diocese of Phát Diệm Dioecesis de Phat Diem Giáo phận Phát Diệm
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Phát Diệm Cathedral
The coat of arms of Bishop Tùng
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Hà Nội
Coordinates	20°05′40″N 106°04′44″E
Statistics
Area	1,786[1] km2 (690 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2022) 1,060,210 161,550[2] (15.2%)
Parishes	79[3]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	- 15 April 1901 (as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Tonking) - 3 December 1924 (renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Phát Diêm) - 7 May 1932 (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Thanh Hoá) - 24 November 1960 (promoted as Diocese)[4]
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Patron saint	Saints Peter and Paul
Secular priests	136[5]
Language	Vietnamese
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Peter Kiều Công Tùng
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Bishops emeritus	Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến
Website
phatdiem.org

19th century stone angel in Phát Diêm Cathedral

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 1,787 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Phát Diêm had about 144,721 believers (15.9% of the population), 31 priests and 65 parishes.^[6]

Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Kim Sơn District (Ninh Bình Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[7] This cathedral complex was built between 1875 and 1899 and comprises four churches and one basilica, as well as several parks, ponds and grottos.

Ordinaries

Vicar apostolic of Coastal Tonking (1901-1924)

Vicar apostolic		Period in office	Status	Reference
1	Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.	April 16, 1904 – December 03, 1924	Remained as vicar apostolic of Phát Diệm.	[8]

Vicar apostolic of Phát Diệm (1924-1960)

Vicar apostolic			Period in office	Status	Reference
1		Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.	December 03, 1924 – September 03, 1935	Resigned	[9]
2		Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng	September 03, 1935 – June 08, 1945
3		Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist.	June 14, 1945 – 1959
4		Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo	January 24, 1959 – November 24, 1960	Remained as bishop of Phát Diệm.

Bishop of Phát Diêm (1960-present)

Bishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Status	Reference
1		Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo		November 24, 1960 – November 03, 1998	Resigned	[10]
2		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến		November 03, 1998 – April 14, 2007
3		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng		July 25, 2009 – October 19, 2019	Transferred to Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh.
–		Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng		October 19, 2019 – March 25, 2023	Apostolic Administrator
4		Bishop Peter Kiều Công Tùng		March 25, 2023 – present	Current bishop

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking (1917-1924)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
1	Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P.	June 12, 1917 – December 03, 1924	[11]

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (1924-1944)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
1	Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng	January 10, 1933 – September 03, 1935	[12]
2	Bishop Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng	May 28, 1940 – May 27, 1944

Coadjutor Bishops of Phát Diêm (1963-1998)

Coadjutor Bishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Reference
1		Bishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh		1963 – May 07, 1974	[13]
2		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn thiện Khuyến		December 09, 1976 – December 15, 1981
3		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến		November 14, 1988 – November 03, 1998