Roman Catholic Diocese of Cần Thơ

Diocese of Cần Thơ

*Dioecesis Canthoensis*

Giáo phận Cần Thơ
Diocese of Cần Thơ; Dioecesis Canthoensis; Giáo phận Cần Thơ
Catholic
	Cần Thơ Cathedral
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Sài Gòn
Statistics
Area	12,214 km2 (4,716 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2022); 5,308,914; 190,549 (3.6%);
Parishes	150
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Patron saint	Sacred Heart
Secular priests	249 (18 religious priests)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Peter Lê Tấn Lợi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Bishops emeritus	Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The diocese of Cần Thơ (Latin: Dioecesis Canthoënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.

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

The diocese covers an area of 13,257 km² (5,119 sq mi), and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.

By 2004, the diocese of Cần Thơ had about 176,424 believers (3% of the population), 153 priests and 131 parishes.^[1]

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[2]

Ordinaries		Period in office	Status	Reference
Vicars Apostolic of Cần Thơ
1	Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình	September 20, 1955 – November 24, 1960	Later Archbishop of Saigon	^[3]
Bishops of Cần Thơ
1	Bishop Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền, P.F.J.	November 24, 1960 – September 30, 1964	Later Coadjutor Archbishop of Hue	^[4]
2	Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang	March 22, 1965 – June 20, 1990	Died in office
3	Bishop Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận	June 20, 1990 – October 17, 2010	Died in office
4	Bishop Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên	October 17, 2010 – January 1, 2025	Retired

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