Diocese of Long Xuyên
The diocese of Long Xuyên is a Latin Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The current bishop is Joseph Trần Văn Toản, since 2019.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of 10,243 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2016, the diocese of Long Xuyên had about 247,000 believers, 275 priests and 186 parishes.
Queen of Peace Cathedral in Long Xuyên town has been assigned as the cathedral of the diocese.
Bishops
Bishops of Long Xuyên
Coadjutor Bishops
Auxiliary Bishops
- Joseph Trần Văn Toản, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and succeeded as Bishop here
Other secular clergy who became bishops
- Dominique Nguyễn Văn Lãng, appointed Bishop of Xuân Lộc in 1974
- Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt, appointed Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng in 1999 and later Apostolic Administrator and Archbishop of Hà Nội