Roman Catholic Diocese of Kon Tum
Roman Catholic diocese in Vietnam
- 1932 (as Vicariate Apostolic of Kontum)
- 1960 (as Diocese of Kontum)
Diocese of Kon Tum (Latin: Dioecesis Kontumensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2015 is Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị. More than 16% of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.
The diocese covers an area of 25,728 km² of central Vietnam. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic on January 18, 1932. On November 24, 1960, it was elevated to a diocese. In 1967, some of the territory was split off to form the new Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- Martial-Pierre-Marie Jannin, M.E.P. (10 January 1933 - 16 July 1940)
- Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. (23 December 1941 - 19 August 1951)
- Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. (19 June 1952 - 24 November 1960)
Bishops
- Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. (24 November 1960 - 2 October 1975)
- Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc (2 October 1975 - 8 April 1995)
- Pierre Trần Thanh Chung (8 April 1995 - 16 July 2003)
- Michael Hoàng Ðức Oanh (16 July 2003 - 7 October 2015)
- Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị (7 October 2015 – present)
External links
- General Information on the diocese
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Catholicism portal
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