Diocese of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Vietnam

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.03.12 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri (66)
(2016.03.12 – ...)

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Born:	1956.09.12 (Ðà Nang, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.04

Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam) (2006.05.13 – 2016.03.12)

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (2016.03.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân (65)
(2007.10.12 – 2016.03.12)

Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

Ad gentes

Born:	1957.06.16 (Hà Nôi, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.12.03

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (2007.10.12 – 2016.03.12)

Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam) (2016.03.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (70) (later Archbishop)
(1999.06.03 – 2005.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Chạnh lòng thương

Born:	1952.09.04 (My Són, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.06.29

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1999.06.03 – 2005.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2003.04.15 – 2005.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2005.02.19 – 2010.05.13)

Cardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng
(Apostolic Administrator 1998.09.02 – 1999.06.03)

Cardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1998.03.01 – 1998.09.02)

Bishop Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ
(1960.11.24 – 1998.09.02)

Theo chúa trong mọi trường hợp

Born:	1922.10.14 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1948.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.03.01
Died:	1998.09.02 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1998.09.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P.
(1960.05.04 – 1960.11.24)

Born:	1905.11.09 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.11.30
Died:	2001.05.02 († 95)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1948.07.08 – 1960.05.04)

Titular Bishop of Cerasa (1948.07.08 – 2001.05.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1960.05.04 – 1960.11.24)

Bishop Félix-Maurice Hedde, O.P.
(1939.07.11 – 1960.05.04)

Born:	1879.03.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1902.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.11.30
Died:	1960.05.04 († 81)

Apostolic Administrator of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1929.06.01 – 1931.11.20)

Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1931.11.20 – 1939.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1939.07.11 – 1960.05.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1939.07.11 – 1960.05.04)

Prefects Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Roman Rite)

Fr. Félix-Maurice Hedde, O.P. (later Bishop)
(1931.11.20 – 1939.07.11)

(see above)

Fr. Félix-Maurice Hedde, O.P. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1929.06.01 – 1931.11.20)

Fr. Marie-Dominique Maillet, O.P.
(1925.03.31 – 1930)

Died:

1947.10

Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1925.03.31 – 1930)

Fr. Bertrand Cothonay, O.P.
(1913 – 1924)

Died:

1926.05.25

Prefect Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1913 – 1924)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. (1948.07.08 – 1960.05.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ (1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

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Statistics

Area: 18,359 km²

Population: 6,420 Catholics (0.3% of 1,910,100 total) (2020)

Statistics: 14 parishes, 35 priests (21 diocesan, 14 religious), 58 lay religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters), 41 seminarians (2020)

History

1913.12.31: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lang Són et Cao Bang (français) / Lạng Sơn và Cao Bằng (Tiếng Việt) / 諒山及高平 (正體中文) / Langsonen(sis) et Caobangen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Tonking)
1939.07.11: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lang Són et Cao Bang (français) / Lạng Sơn và Cao Bằng (Tiếng Việt) / 諒山及高平 (正體中文) / Langsonen(sis) et Caobangen(sis) (Latin)
1960.11.24: Promoted as Diocese of Lang Són et Cao Bang (français) / Lạng Sơn và Cao Bằng (Tiếng Việt) / 諒山及高平 (正體中文) / Langsonen(sis) et Caobangen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Hà Nôi)

Diocese of

Lang Són et Cao Bang