Roman Catholic Diocese of Phan Thiết

Diocese of Phan Thiêt Dioecesis Phanthietensis Giáo phận Phan Thiết
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Ho Chi Minh
Metropolitan	Ho Chi Minh
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,106,012 147,000 (13.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 January 1975
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred heart in Phan Thiết
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Vũ Duy Thống
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
Emeritus Bishops	Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi Bishop Emeritus (1979-2005) Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan Bishop Emeritus (2005-2009)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The diocese of Phan Thiêt (Latin: Dioecesis Phanthietensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop is Paul Nguyên Thanh Hoan, since 2005. On 25 July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI selected Monsignor Joseph Vũ Duy Thống to be bishop upon Hoan's retirement. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared 30 January 1975. The diocese covers an area of 7,854 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city.

By 2004, the diocese of Phan Thiêt had about 147,000 believers (13.3% of the population), 80 priests and 64 parishes. Sacred Heart Cathedral (formerly Lạc Đạo Cathedral) in Phan Thiết city (Bình Thuận Province) has been assigned as the Cathedral of the diocese. There are 238 sisters from Lovers of the Holy Cross congregation doing active social and missionary work within the Diocese.