Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.

Diocese of Kontum (Latin: Dioecesis Kontumensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2003 is Michel Hoang Ðúc Oanh. More than 10% of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities.The diocese covers an area of 25728 km² of central Vietnam. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Huế. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic on January 18 1932. On November 24 1960 it was elevated to a diocese.

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