Catholic Church in Vietnam 🇻🇳

Also known as: Vietnam (Deutsch, español, Italiano), le Vietnam (français), le Viêt Nam (français), Wietnam (polski), Vietname (Português), Vietnã (Português), 越南 (正體中文), ベトナム (日本語), Việt Nam (Tiếng Việt), Vietnamia (latine)

By Type (27)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (3)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (24)

By Rite

Roman Rite (27): Bà Ria, Bac Ninh, Ban Mê Thuôt, Bùi Chu, Cân Tho, Đà Lat, Đà Nang, Hà Nôi, Hà Tĩnh, Hai Phòng, Huê, Hung Hoá, Kontum, Lang Són et Cao Bang, Long Xuyên, My Tho, Nha Trang, Phan Thiêt, Phát Diêm, Phú Cuong, Quy Nhon, Thái Bính, Thanh Hoá, Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Vinh, Vinh Long, Xuân Lôc

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Delegation: Vietnam

Conference of Bishops: Hội Đông Giám Mục Việt Nam

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Saints: 118 Saints, 5 Blesseds

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Documents

Geography

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Hanoi

Area: 310,070 km²

Population: 96,160,163

Neighbouring Countries: ← Cambodia , ↖ Laos , ↑ China

Cultural Summary

Religions: Buddhist 7.9%, Catholic 6.6%, Hoa Hao 1.7%, Cao Dai 0.9%, Protestant 0.9%, Muslim 0.1%, none 81.8%

Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)

Ethnic Groups: Kinh (Viet) 85.7%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.8%, Muong 1.5%, Khmer 1.5%, Mong 1.2%, Nung 1.1%, Hoa 1%, other 4.3%

Motto: Ðộc lập, Tự do, Hạnh phúc (Vietnamese) (Independence, Liberty and Happiness)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 331,689 km²

Catholic Population: 7,387,000 Catholics (7.4% of 100,308,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 3,529 parishes, 184 mission stations (44 with resident priest, 140 without resident priest), 1,239 other centres

Clergy: 50 bishops (27 diocesan, 23 titular), 7,564 priests (5,230 diocesan, 2,334 religious), 27 permanent deacons (4 diocesan, 23 religious)

Non-Clergy: 30,764 religious (4,204 brothers, 26,560 sisters), 734 members of secular institutes (sisters), 4,473 major seminarians, 9,809 missionaries, 70,934 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists