Diocese of Đà Lạt

The Diocese of ÃÂÃÂ Lat () is a Latin suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Saigon in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Bari, in the southern city of Da Lat, LÃÂ¢m ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âng Province, Central Highlands.

Its present Bishop is Dominic NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh, since September 16, 2019.

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 368,487 Catholics (27.8% of 1,325,000 total) on 9,764 km<sup>2</sup> in 87 parishes and 16 missions with 259 priests (143 diocesan, 116 religious), 1,413 lay religious (501 brothers, 912 sisters) and 69 seminarians. Many of its faithful belong to ethnic minorities.

History

The bishopric was created on November 24, 1960, as Diocese of ÃÂÃÂ Lat / ÃÂÃÂ lÃ¡ÂºÂ¡t (TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿ng ViÃ¡Â»Ât) / Ã¥Â¤Â§Ã¥ÂÂ» (Ã¦ÂÂ£Ã©Â«ÂÃ¤Â¸ÂÃ¦ÂÂ) / Dalaten(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kontum
On 22 June 1967 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Ban MÃÂª ThuÃÂ´t.

Ordinaries

Coadjutor Bishops

Bishop Pierre NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn NhÃÂ¡n (later Cardinal) (1991.10.11 Ã¢ÂÂ 1994.03.23)
Bishop Dominic NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh (2017.04.08 Ã¢ÂÂ 2019.09.14)

Other secular clergy who became bishops

Paul NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn HÃÂ²a (priest here until 1968), appointed Bishop of Phan ThiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿t in 1975 and shortly after Bishop of Nha Trang (later President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam)
Paul BÃÂ¹i VÃÂn ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âc, appointed Bishop of MÃ¡Â»Â¹ Tho in 1999, later Coadjutor Archbishop of HÃ¡Â»Â Chi Minh City, and subsequently succeeded as well as President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam

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