Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city
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The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon; ) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the South of Vietnam
. It is the biggest by population in the country.
The renaming former Archdiocese of Saigon to Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city was declared November 23, 1976. It covers an area of 2,390 km² and headed by Cardinal
-Priest of Saint Giustino, Archbishop
Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (from 1998), who was previously a coadjutor bishop of My Tho.
The suffragan dioceses are:
Immaculate Conception
Cathedral Basilica (Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội - Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn) in Ho Chi Minh City
has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
By 2004, Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city had about 602,478 believers (11.0% of the population), 519 priest
s and 195 parish
es.
The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city is a "sister" diocese of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
(USA) since 2008.
The Archdiocese ministers often take part in international exchanges and contacts, though with special permission of the Vietnamese authorities.
The young Catholics from the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city and Archdiocese of Hanoi formed in 2006 an organization for helping children in rural and underdeveloped areas of Vietnam. The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City regularly organizes special mass events including the Youth Day in December 2007, which was attended by more than 7 000 young people, who take part in volunteer and charitable activities, and two prayer vigils "God is rich in compassion" in March 2008 with the participation of several thousand faithful.
There is a center of social work organized by the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city, which consists of priests, laypeople and members of sivil groups. The center is occupied with three main problems: helping street children
, activities to reduce HIV/AIDS level and help its victims, social and psychological work with prostitutes to get them off the streets.
J. Bourad, has a Neo-Romanesque facade
with twin towers and a statue of the Virgin Mary in the center front.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It is the biggest by population in the country.
The renaming former Archdiocese of Saigon to Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city was declared November 23, 1976. It covers an area of 2,390 km² and headed by Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
-Priest of Saint Giustino, Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (from 1998), who was previously a coadjutor bishop of My Tho.
The suffragan dioceses are:
- Diocese of Ba RiaDiocese of Ba RiaThe diocese of Ba Ria is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The creation of the diocese was made public on November 22, 2005. It was detached from the diocese of Xuân Lôc...
- Diocese of Cân Tho
- Diocese of Da Lat
- Diocese of Long Xuyên
- Diocese of My Tho
- Diocese of Phan Thiet
- Diocese of Phu Cuong
- Diocese of Vinh Long
- Diocese of Xuan LocDiocese of Xuân LôcThe diocese of Xuân Lôc is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop, since 2004, is Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh. More than 30% of the two million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics....
.
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception of Mary is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, according to which the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin. It is one of the four dogmata in Roman Catholic Mariology...
Cathedral Basilica (Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội - Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn) in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
By 2004, Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city had about 602,478 believers (11.0% of the population), 519 priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
s and 195 parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es.
The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city is a "sister" diocese of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the California counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...
(USA) since 2008.
The Archdiocese ministers often take part in international exchanges and contacts, though with special permission of the Vietnamese authorities.
The young Catholics from the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city and Archdiocese of Hanoi formed in 2006 an organization for helping children in rural and underdeveloped areas of Vietnam. The Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City regularly organizes special mass events including the Youth Day in December 2007, which was attended by more than 7 000 young people, who take part in volunteer and charitable activities, and two prayer vigils "God is rich in compassion" in March 2008 with the participation of several thousand faithful.
There is a center of social work organized by the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city, which consists of priests, laypeople and members of sivil groups. The center is occupied with three main problems: helping street children
Street children
A street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old.Street children live in junk boxes, parks or on the street itself...
, activities to reduce HIV/AIDS level and help its victims, social and psychological work with prostitutes to get them off the streets.
Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City is considered to be one of the main city attractions and one of the most beautiful buildings in all Vietnam. It was built in 1877 - 1880 by the French architectArchitect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
J. Bourad, has a Neo-Romanesque facade
Facade
A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
with twin towers and a statue of the Virgin Mary in the center front.
See also
- Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaSaigon Notre-Dame BasilicaSaigon Notre-Dame Basilica , officially Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception is a cathedral located in the downtown of Saigon City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880...
- Roman Catholicism in VietnamRoman Catholicism in VietnamThe Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, China and Indonesia....
- Tan Dinh CathedralTan Dinh CathedralTan Dinh church is a church built by the French colonists in early 20th century, when Vietnam was part of French Indochina. The church is situated at 289 Hai Bà Trưng streetDistrict 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and belongs to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city. The church architecture...