Churches to Explore in Kon Tum Province
Checkout places to visit in Kon Tum Province
The province is located in the Sê San river basin in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. Kontum has a colourful, diversified culture of ethnic groups.
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Churches to Explore in Kon Tum Province
Diocese of Kon Tum is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop since 2015 is Aloysius Gonzaga Nguyễn Hùng Vị. More than 16% of the million persons living in its area are Roman Catholics. Many of them belong to ethnic minorities. 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. In 1967, some of the territories were split off to form the new Diocese of Ban Mê Thuột.