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Christy Vuong wrote:

Hi, guys —

I am a devout Catholic but I would like to know how many Catholics there are in each country, particularly in Vietnam, where I was born.

Thank you,

Christy
  { How many Catholics there are in each country, particularly in Vietnam where I was born? }

Mike replied:

Hi, Christy —

The only Catholic population project I did for the AskACatholic.com web site was within the United States back in 2007. You may have to scroll down a bit from this page to see the relevant data.

Searching the web, this was all I was able to find. The last ones from Wikipedia or Catholic Hierarchy may the best ones to review.

Catholic Church by country answers your question:

Country Total population Percentage that are Catholic Catholic total
Vietnam 83,535,576 6.8%
7.0%

Wikipedia: 5,658,000
Catholic-Hierarchy: 6,332,700

You may find this article from the Catholic News Agency of interest:

Mike

Andrew replied:

Hi, Christy —

The annual book Catholic Almanac, published by Our Sunday Visitor Press, has population figures; check with your local library for a copy.

— Andrew

Mike replied:

Hi, guys —

Look what I found on Face book; it appears to be part of the Wikipedia page on Vietnam.

On the page it states:

The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of Bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, China and Indonesia. According to Catholic Hierarchy Catalog, there are 5,658,000 Catholics in Vietnam, representing 6.87% of the total population. There are 26 dioceses (including three archdioceses) with 2228 parishes and 2668 priests.

Mike

Eric replied:

Wow,

I thought it was much higher.

Eric

Christy replied:

Thank you so much.

Although I expected the number of Catholics in Vietnam to be much higher than that, I appreciate the time it took to look this information up.

I have a lot of pride in being Catholic and could spend a couple hours explaining why.

  • Does anyone have the time? . . . ha, ha, ha.

Christy
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