Diocese of Xuân Lộc
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuân Lộc is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Saigon in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of Christ the King, dedicated to Christ the King, in Long Khánh, Đồng Nai, Southeastern Vietnam. The bishop, since January 16, 2021, is John Đỗ Văn Ngân.
History
- It was erected on 14 October 1965, as Diocese of Xuân Lôc / Xuân Lộc / 春祿 / Xuanlocen, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Saigon
- On 22 November 2005, it lost part of its territory to establish the Diocese of Ba Ria.
Statistics
As of 2014, the diocese pastorally served 921,489 Catholics on 5,964 km² in 246 parishes with 498 priests, 2,256 lay religious and 168 seminarians.Bishops
Bishops of Xuân Lôc
- Joseph Lê Văn Ấn
- Dominique Nguyên Văn Lãng
- Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật
- Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh
- Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo
- John Đỗ Văn Ngân
Coadjutor Bishops
- Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật
- Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo
Auxiliary Bishops
- Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm, appointed Bishop of Bà Rịa
- Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu and later succeeded
- Joseph Đinh Đức Đạo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and subsequently succeeded here
- John Đỗ Văn Ngân, appointed Bishop here
- Dominic Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
Other secular clergy who became bishops
- Joseph Nguyễn Năng, appointed Bishop of Phát Diệm in 2009 and later Archbishop of Hồ Chi Minh City in 2019
- Emmanuel Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Bà Rịa in 2015 and later succeeded