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The Diocese of Thanh Hóa (Latin: Dioecesis de Thanh Hoa) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2018 is Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường. Of the three million persons living in its area about 3% are Roman Catholics.

The diocese covers an area of 11,168 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hà Nôi. It was erected on May 7, 1932 as a Vicariate Apostolic. On November 24, 1960 it was elevated to a diocese.

Saint Anne Cathedral in Thanh Hoa city has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.^[4]

Ordinaries

Bishops of Thanh Hoá (1932-present)

Bishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Status	Reference
1		Bishop Louis-Christian-Marie de Cooman, M.E.P.		June 21, 1932 – December 05, 1960	Resigned	[5]
2		Bishop Pierre Phạm Tần		December 05, 1960 – February 01, 1990	Died in office
3		Bishop Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S.		March 23, 1994 – October 09, 2003
4		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh		May 21, 2004 – October 29, 2016	Transferred to Huê.
–		Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh		October 29, 2016 – April 25, 2018	Apostolic Administrator
5		Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường		April 25, 2018–present	Current bishop

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hoá (1959-1960)

Coadjutor Bishop of Thanh Hoá (1960)

References

External links

• catholic-hierarchy.org^{[self-published source]}