Diocese of

Phát Diêm

Vietnam

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Phát Diêm / Phát Diệm (Tiếng Việt) / 發艷 (正體中文) / de Phat Diem (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hà Nôi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Thanh Hoá (↙), Hà Nôi (↑), Bùi Chu (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter and Saint Paul of Tarsus (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 6

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1901.04.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Coastal Tonking (English) / Thanh (Tiếng Việt) / Tonkin maritime (français) / 東京海濱 (正體中文) / Ton-Kin Maritimi (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Tonking)
1924.12.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Phát Diêm / Phát Diệm (Tiếng Việt) / 發艷 (正體中文) / de Phat Diem (Latin)
1932.05.07: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Thanh Hoá
1960.11.24: Promoted as Diocese of Phát Diêm / Phát Diệm (Tiếng Việt) / 發艷 (正體中文) / de Phat Diem (Latin) (became suffragan of Hà Nôi)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.03.25 – ...):

Bishop Peter Kiều Công Tùng (61)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Phát Diêm (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Kiều Công Tùng (61)
(2023.03.25 – ...)

Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Spiritu ambulemus

Born:	1964.08.24 (Saigon, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1999.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.05.16

Priest of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (1999.06.30 – 2023.03.25)

Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (2023.03.25 – ...)

Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.10.19 – 2023.03.25)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Năng (72) (later Archbishop)
(2009.07.25 – 2019.10.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam)
President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

Hiệp thông phục vụ / Communione et servientes

Born:	1953.11.24 (Phuc Nhac, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.09.08

Priest of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam) (1990.06.09 – 2009.07.25)

Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (2009.07.25 – 2019.10.19)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2016.10.05 – 2022.10.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (2019.10.19 – 2023.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Vietnam) (2019.10.19 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2022.10.07 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến (83)
(1998.11.03 – 2007.04.14)

Bishop emeritus of Phát Diêm (Vietnam)

Vâng lời và Bình an / Pax et obœdientia

Born:	1942.12.26 (Vinh Tri, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.12.16

Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1977.06.26 – 1988.11.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1988.11.14 – 1998.11.03)

Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1998.11.03 – 2007.04.14)

Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo
(1960.11.24 – 1998.11.03)

Yêu thương không giả dối

Born:	1909.01.21 (Tam Châu, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.26
Died:	2001.05.05 (Hà Nội, Vietnam † 92)

Priest of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1937.03.13 – 1959.01.24)

Titular Bishop of Numida (1959.01.24 – 1960.11.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1959.01.24 – 1960.11.24)

Bishop of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1998.11.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo
(1959.01.24 – 1960.11.24)

(see above)

Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist.
(1945.06.14 – 1959)

Vox clamantis in deserto

Born:	1897.10.29 (Di Loan, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1928.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.10.29
Died:	1967.04.24 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1945.06.14 – 1959)

Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1945.06.14 – 1967.04.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1948 – 1950.02.03)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
(1935.09.03 – 1945.06.08)

In electis Meis mitte radices

Born:	1868.08.07 (Gocong, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1896.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.06.11
Died:	1949.07.11 (Phát Diêm, Vietnam † 80)

Priest of Saigon (Vietnam) (1896.09.19 – 1933.01.10)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1933.01.10 – 1935.09.03)

Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto (1933.01.10 – 1949.07.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1935.09.03 – 1945.06.08)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1935.09.03)

Born:	1857.05.10 (Lunel, France)
Ordained Priest:	1879.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.10.15
Died:	1939.12.07 (Thanh Hóa, Vietnam † 82)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1895.04.18 – 1901.04.16)

Titular Bishop of Lysias (1895.04.18 – 1939.12.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Coastal Tonking (Vietnam) (1901.04.16 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm (Vietnam) (1924.12.03 – 1935.09.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Coastal Tonking (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P.
(1901.04.16 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến (83) (1988.11.14 – 1998.11.03)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Nguyễn thiện Khuyến (1976.12.09 – 1981.12.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Lê Qúy Thanh (1963 – 1974.05.07)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Marie Phan Ðình Phùng (1940.05.28 – 1944.05.27)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng (1933.01.10 – 1935.09.03)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P. (1917.06.12 – 1932.06.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Nhà Thờ Chính Toà Nữ Vương Rất Thánh Mân Cói, Phát Diêm, Ninh Bình, Red River Delta
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Thanh Hoá (↙), Hà Nôi (↑), Bùi Chu (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,786 km²

Population: 161,550 Catholics (15.2% of 1,060,210 total)

Pastoral Centres: 79 parishes

Personnel: 157 priests (136 diocesan, 21 religious), 553 religious (198 brothers, 355 sisters), 97 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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