Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi

Archdiocese of Hanoi Archidioecesis Hanoiensis Tổng Giáo Phận Hà Nội
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hanoi
Location
Country	Vietnam
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Hanoi
Metropolitan	Hanoi
Statistics
Area	6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 5,620,000 346,000 (6.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Saint Joseph Cathedral (Hanoi)
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Auxiliary Bishops	Lorence Chu Văn Minh
Emeritus Bishops	Ngo Quang Kiet Archbishop Emeritus (2005-2010)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

Archdiocese (Metropolitan) of Hanoi (Latin: Archidioecesis Hanoiensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vietnam. It is one of the earliest in the history of Roman Catholicism in Vietnam.

The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. It covers an area of 7,000 km² and headed by Cardinal Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (from 2010).

The suffragan dioceses are:

Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese. The Cathedral was built in 1886 in neo-Gothic style. It holds several masses throughout the day and is usually crowded on weekends and religious holidays. Christmas holiday in 2004 attracted more than 4,000 visitors to the Cathedral.

By 2004, Archdiocese of Hanoi had about 282,886 believers (5.3% of the population), 59 priests and 132 parishes.

The Archdiocese of Hanoi is a "sister" diocese of Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County (USA) since 2008.

The young Catholics from the Archdiocese of Hanoi and Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh city formed in 2006 an organization for helping children in rural and underdeveloped areas of Vietnam.

In November, 2006, the Cua Bac Catholic Church in Hanoi became the venue of joint worship service of the Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants with participation of the United States President George W. Bush, who was on an official visit to Vietnam. Cua Bac Church (Northern Gate Church) has regular sermons and services in English language and is often visited by expats and tourists.