Diocese of Cần Thơ
The diocese of Cần Thơ is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam.
The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.
The diocese covers an area of, and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
By 2004, the diocese of Cần Thơ had about 176,424 believers, 153 priests and 131 parishes.
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Cần Thơ has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.
Bishops
Coadjutor Bishops
Other secular clergy who became bishops
- Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện, appointed Bishop of Vĩnh Long in 1960
- Louis Hà Kim Danh, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường in 1982 and later succeeded
- Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho and later Archbishop of Hồ Chi Minh City
- Antoine Vũ Huy Chương, appointed Bishop of Hưng Hóa in 2003 and later Bishop of Đà Lạt