The Diocese of Phú Cường (Latin: Dioecesis Phucuongensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Vietnam. Since 2012 the bishop of the diocese has been Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước.[1] The diocese in its present form was founded on October 14, 1965. By 2013, the diocese of Phú Cường had about 141,239 Catholics (4.8% of the population), 161 priests and 96 parishes.[2]
The diocese covers an area of 10,855 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Thủ Dầu Một City is the cathedral of the diocese.[3]
Bishops
Bishops of Phú Cường
- Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên (14 October 1965 – 10 May 1993)
- Louis Hà Kim Danh (10 May 1993 – 22 February 1995)
- Peter Trần Đình Tứ (5 November 1998 – 30 June 2012)
- Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (30 June 2012 – present)
Coadjutor Bishops
- Jacques Huỳnh Văn Của (22 February 1976 - 9 January 1995), did not succeed to the see (retired)
- Louis Hà Kim Danh (8 June 1982 – 10 May 1993)
- Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước (14 March 2011 - 30 June 2012)
Other secular clergy who became bishops
- Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt, appointed Titular Archbishop of Rusticiana and Apostolic Nuncio to Benin and Togo in 2002 (and later to Chad and the Central African Republic; Costa Rica; and Sri Lanka)