Roman Catholic Diocese of Bắc Ninh

The diocese of Bac Ninh (Latin: Dioecesis Bacninhensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop position is vacant since June 2006.

Diocese of Bac Ninh Dioecesis Bacninhensis Giáo phận Bắc Ninh
Cathedral of Bac Ninh
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Hanoi
Metropolitan	Hanoi
Statistics
Area	24,600 km2 (9,500 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 8,061,000 125,000 (1.6%)
Parishes	85
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Mary Queen of the Rosary in Bắc Ninh
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Cosme Hoàng Van Dat
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Coadjutor	Joseph Đỗ Quang Khang
Website
Website of the Diocese Website of the Diocese

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.

The diocese covers an area of 12,227 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.

By 2004, the diocese of Bac Ninh had about 123,090 believers (1.8% of the population), 23 priests and 47 parishes.[1]

Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Bac Ninh has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese.[2]