Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế

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

Archdiocese of Huế Archidioecesis Hueensis Tổng Giáo Phận Huế
Catholic
Cathedral of Huế (Phủ Cam)
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Huế
Statistics
Area	9,823 km2 (3,793 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 1,796,240 68,303 (3.8%)
Parishes	96
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	August 27, 1850 - Established as Apostolic Vicariate November 24, 1960 - Elevated as Metropolitan Archdiocese
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Patron saint	Our Lady of La Vang
Secular priests	143
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Coadjutor	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân
Bishops emeritus	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng
Map
Website
tonggiaophanhue.net

The creation of the archdiocese in its present form was declared on 24 November 1960. It covers an area of 12,227 km² and has been under the leadership of Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, who was previously the Bishop of Thanh Hóa, since 2016.

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.

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

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Cochin (1850–1924)

Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Status	Reference
1	Bishop François-Marie-Henri-Agathon Pellerin, M.E.P.	August 27, 1850 – September 13, 1862	Died in office
2	Bishop Joseph-Hyacinthe Sohier, M.E.P.	September 13, 1862 – September 03, 1876
3	Bishop Martin-Jean Pontrianne, M.E.P.	August 31, 1877 – July 30, 1879
4	Bishop Louis-Marie-Antoine Caspar, M.E.P.	March 23, 1880 – July 18, 1907	Resigned
5	Bishop Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P.	January 30, 1908 – December 03, 1924	Remained as Vicar Apostolic of Huê.

Vicars Apostolic of Huế (1924–1960)

Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Status	Reference
1	Bishop Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P.	December 03, 1924 – June 20, 1931	Resigned
2	Bishop Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P.	June 20, 1931 – June 04, 1936	Died in Office
3	Bishop François-Arsène-Jean-Marie-Eugène Lemasle, M.E.P.	February 04, 1937 – September 26, 1946
4	Bishop Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, M.E.P.	February 21, 1948 – November 24, 1960	Resigned

Archbishops of Huế (1960–present)

Archbishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Status	Reference
1		Pierre-Martin Ngô Ðình Thục		November 24, 1960 – February 17, 1968	Resigned
2		Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền PFI		March 11, 1968 – June 08, 1988	Died in office
–		Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể		1994 – March 01, 1998	Apostolic Administrator
3		Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể		March 01, 1998 – August 18, 2012	Resigned
4		Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng		August 18, 2012 – October 29, 2016	Resigned
5		Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh		October 29, 2016 – present	Incumbent

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin (1850–1924)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
1	Bishop Joseph-Hyacinthe Sohier, M.E.P.	August 27, 1850 – September 13, 1862

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Huế (1924–1960)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic		Period in office	Reference
2	Bishop Alexandre-Paul-Marie Chabanon, M.E.P.	August 02, 1930 – June 20, 1931

Coadjutor Archbishops of Huế (1960–present)

Coadjutor Archbishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Reference
1		Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiền PFI		September 30, 1964 – March 11, 1968
2		Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể		September 07, 1975 – November 23, 1983
3		Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân		September 21, 2023 – present

Auxiliary Bishop of Huế (1960–present)

Auxiliary Bishop			Coat of Arms	Period in office	Reference
1		Archbishop Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng		February 19, 2005 – August 18, 2012

Other secular clergy who became bishops

• Dominique Marie Hồ Ngọc Cẩn, appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu and Titular Bishop of Zenobias in 1935 and later succeeded
• Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ O.Cist (deacon here until 1918), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diệm and Titular Bishop of Daphnusia in 1945
• Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Sài Gòn and Titular Bishop of Sagalasse in 1955 and later Bishop of Đà Lạt
• Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận, appointed Bishop of Nha Trang in 1967 and later appointed Titular Archbishop of Vadesi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Sài Gòn in 1975 (later appointed Vice President and President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace) (elevated to Cardinal in 2001)

External links

• Official website (in Vietnamese)