VINH-LONG, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is located in the center of Cochinchina (Vietnam) and is entrusted to the Vietnamese secular clergy.

It was erected on 8 January 1938, by detachment from the apostolic vicariate of Saigon, and consists of the civil provinces of Tra-Vinh, V.-L., Bentrè and part of the province of Kanto, whose total area is 5,000 sq km, with a population of 950,000 inhabitants. There are 46,469 Catholics and 1,807 catechumens; 63 native priests and one foreign priest; 35 brothers; 20 major and 120 minor seminarians; 319 nuns. The mission is divided into 7 rural deaneries; 6 quasi-parishes; 31 primary and 108 secondary stations. There are 435 sacred buildings; 3 hospitals; 3 pharmacies; 4 orphanages, a home for the elderly; 90 elementary schools with a total of 9,301 pupils; 3 normal schools. Catholic Action is organized in 25 parish centers.

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BIBL.: Arch. della S. Congr. di Propag. Fide, Relaz. quinquenn., pos. prot. nn. 58/36, 295/38, 1018/38; Relaz. ann. 1949-50, pos. prot. n. 1890/50; Relaz. Ann., 1950-51, pos. prot. n. 3452/52; MC, 1950, pp. 286-87; AAS, 30 (1938), pp. 279-80.

Edoardo Pecoraro

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