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to build a large stone church, which was completely dismantled in 1698. Then in 1898, Bishop Eugène Marie Allys (Bishop Lý, as people used to call him) erected a large brick structure, with tiled roof, at the same location on Phước Quả Hill. That church, designed by and then constructed under the
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The façade has three sections. The main section in the middle is curved and significantly shorter than the two towering outer sections, making it look like an open Bible in perspective.
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inaugurated the new rectory on 8 October 2014 in a ribbon-cutting and blessing ceremony. It was built with money collected in the area and from benefactors abroad.
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Phủ Cam Cathedral stands on a hill where an orange plantation once stood. In 1684, Father Langlois acquired land on Phước Quả Hill to the Southeast of the
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and took nearly 40 years. It was still taking place in 1968 when the unfinished building was heavily damaged by bombing during the
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Over 400 people supportive of the South Vietnamese government were rounded up at the cathedral in February 1968 by the
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style on a small hill at one end of Nguyễn Trường Tộ street, the current Phủ Cam Cathedral was designed by
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This former cathedral was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the current Phủ Cam Cathedral.
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The construction of the current church started on the property in 1963, following the design of
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on 28 and 29 June 2000. Saints Peter and Paul are the patrons of the parish.
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of South Vietnam was killed in a coup that took place in Saigon. Archbishop
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and was unable to return to Vietnam because of the political situation.
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The altar dedicated to St. Paul Tống Viết Bường inside the Cathedral
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of the Archdiocese—Diệm's brother—was in Rome at the time for the
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This residence of the Papal Delegation was moved to Hanoi in 1951.
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Vietnam
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and then led to the creek where they were shot dead.
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Huế
Thừa Thiên Huế
Vietnam
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Cathedral
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Ngô Viết Thụ
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Archdiocese
Archdiocese of Huế
Vietnamese
Latin Catholic
Huế
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Archdiocese of Huế
Imperial City

Papal Delegation to Vietnam
Ngô Viết Thụ
Tet Offensive
Nguyễn Như Thể
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng


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Ngô Viết Thụ

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