Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt (Latin: Dioecesis Banmethuotensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2000 is Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc. More than 10% of the two million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.

The diocese was erected on June 22, 1967 with territory from the dioceses of Ðà Lat and Kontum. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huê.

[edit] External links


Roman Catholic Dioceses in Vietnam
under Council of Bishops of Vietnam
Archdiocese of Hanoi: Bắc Ninh | Bùi Chu | Hải Phòng | Hưng Hóa | Lạng Sơn and Cao Bang | Phát Diệm | Thái Bình | Thanh Hóa | Vinh
Archdiocese of Hue: Ban Mê Thuột | Đà Nẵng | Kontum | Nha Trang | Quy Nhơn
Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city: Bà Rịa | Cần Thơ | Đà Lạt | Long Xuyên | Mỹ Tho | Phan Thiết | Phú Cường | Vĩnh Long | Xuân Lộc