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Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột

Dioecesis Banmethuotensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 June 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Huế
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Viet Nam
  • Square Kilometers: 24,474 (9,453 Square Miles)
  • Description: Dak Lak and Dak Nong and part of Binh Phuoc
  • Official Web Site: http://gpbanmethuot.vn/
  • Mailing Address: Toa Giam Muc, 104 Phan Chu Trinh, Tp. Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, Viet Nam
  • Telephone: (050)3852.756

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 June 1967ErectedDiocese of Ðà Lạt (Quang-Duc and Phuoc-Long)
Diocese of Kontum (Dak Lak)
Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197048,794282,13217.3%63366739123538ap1971
197966,854600,00011.1%60601,1141913434ap1991
1995150,0001,500,00010.0%482503,000213778ap2000
2000252,4412,100,00012.0%702723,506718048ap2001
2001262,4801,900,00013.8%702723,645718051ap2002
2002281,8431,900,00014.8%704743,808924552ap2004
2004303,3681,900,00016.0%704744,0995528051ap2005
2006317,7262,581,00012.3%93121053,0253229359ap2007
2012388,6152,684,04714.5%108201283,0369246698ap2013
2015418,2802,862,81114.6%133391722,431126515101ap2016
2018440,9422,955,91114.9%141511922,29613144706106ap2019
2020459,2273,016,82015.2%158652232,059115350118ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 944, and Page 945

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