Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế

Archdiocese of Huê Archidioecesis Hueensis Tổng Giáo Phận Huê
Cathedral of Huê
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Huê
Statistics
Area	12,227 km^2 (4,721 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,150,700 66,700 (3.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1960
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Huế
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng
Emeritus Bishops	Stephan Nguyễn Như Thể Archbishop Emeritus (2012-now)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

Archdiocese (Metropolitan) of Huế (Latin: Archidioecesis Huéensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in central Vietnam.

The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on 24 November 1960. It covers an area of 12,227 km² and headed by Archbishop Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng (from 2012), who was previously the Auxiliary Bishop of Huế.

The suffragan dioceses are:

• Diocese of Ban Mê Thuôt
• Diocese of Đà Nẵng
• Diocese of Kontum
• Diocese of Nha Trang
• Diocese of Quy Nhơn.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Huế has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.^[1]

By 2004, the Archdiocese of Huế had about 65,770 Roman Catholics (3.3% of the population), 93 priests and 177 parishes.^[2]

Ordinaries

• François Pellerin, MEP, 1850–62
• Joseph Sohier, MEP, 1862–76
• Jean Pontvianne, MEP, 1877–79
• Louis Caspar, MEP, 1880–1907
• Eugène Allys, MEP, 190831
• Alexandre Chabanon, MEP, 1931–36
• François Lemasle, MEP, 1936–46
• Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, MEP, 1948–60
• Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, 1960–68
• Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên, 1968–88
• Vacant (1988–98)
• Stephen (Étienne) Nguyễn Như Thể, 1998–2012
• Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng, 2012–present

References

1. GCatholic.org
2. Catholic Hierarchy Directory profile of the Archdiocese of Huế

Coordinates: 16°28′00″N 107°34′59″E / 16.4667°N 107.5830°E