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Diocese of Ðà Lạt

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 24 November 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Viet Nam
  • Square Kilometers: 9,765 (3,771 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Toa Giam Muc, 9 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tp. Da Lat, Lam Dong, Viet Nam
  • Telephone: (093)3734.800
  • Fax: (0263)3830.112

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
24 November 1960ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Kontum (Quang-Duc)
Vicariate Apostolic of Saigon (Tuyen-Duc, Lam-Dong, and Phuo-Long)
Diocese of Ðà Lạt (erected)
22 June 1967Territory LostDiocese of Ðà Lạt (Quang-Duc and Phuoc-Long)
Diocese of Kontum (Dak Lak)
Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197069,193306,41622.6%626212455813340566ap1971
1980100,000400,00025.0%75401158696742ap1981
1983100,000450,00022.2%68401089257260548ap1991
1999236,3501,000,00023.6%87421291,83229959661ap2000
2000250,6691,000,00025.1%83431261,98923852961ap2001
2001258,2521,020,60225.3%82471292,00116352371ap2002
2002259,9011,085,27723.9%87501371,89716455671ap2003
2003281,5931,085,27725.9%87531402,01116257471ap2004
2004299,7781,119,99126.8%86541402,14119159571ap2005
2006299,3391,169,92525.6%91781691,77129073270ap2007
2013364,3721,300,00028.0%1441092531,44044987186ap2014
2016372,8531,365,00027.3%1621232851,3084391,03396ap2017
2019390,8541,400,00027.9%1711433141,2444241,142105ap2020
2021410,0001,440,00028.5%1731673401,2055041,052116ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 346, to Page 350
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 474, to Page 476

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