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Diocese of Long Xuyên

The diocese of Long XuyÃÂªn () is a Latin Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The current bishop is Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn ToÃ¡ÂºÂ£n, since 2019.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 10,243 kmÃÂ², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.

By 2016, the diocese of Long XuyÃÂªn had about 247,000 believers (5.9% of the population), 275 priests and 186 parishes.

Queen of Peace Cathedral in Long XuyÃÂªn town has been assigned as the cathedral of the diocese.

Bishops

Bishops of Long XuyÃÂªn

Michel NguyÃ¡Â»Ân KhÃ¡ÂºÂ¯c NgÃ¡Â»Â¯ (24 November 1960 - 30 December 1997)
Jean Baptiste BÃÂ¹i TuÃ¡ÂºÂ§n (30 December 1997 - 2 October 2003)
Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n XuÃÂ¢n TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿u (2 October 2003 - 23 February 2019)
Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn ToÃ¡ÂºÂ£n (23 February 2019 - present)

Coadjutor Bishops

Jean Baptiste BÃÂ¹i TuÃ¡ÂºÂ§n (15 April 1975 - 30 December 1997)
Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n XuÃÂ¢n TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿u (3 June 1999 - 2 October 2003)
Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn ToÃ¡ÂºÂ£n (25 August 2017 - 23 February 2019)

Auxiliary Bishops

Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn ToÃ¡ÂºÂ£n (5 April 2014 - 25 August 2017), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and succeeded as Bishop here

Other secular clergy who became bishops

Dominique NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn LÃÂ£ng (incardinated here in 1960), appointed Bishop of XuÃÂ¢n LÃ¡Â»Âc in 1974
Joseph NgÃÂ´ Quang KiÃ¡Â»Ât, appointed Bishop of LÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ng SÃÂ¡n and Cao BÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng in 1999 and later Apostolic Administrator and Archbishop of HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi

References