Bắc Ninh Cathedral: Apostolic Penitentiary, Prot. 36/91/01
A chosen annual visit to Bắc Ninh Cathedral
Make the individual cathedral visit on one personally chosen day each year.
Time required About 3–5 minutes for the prayer alternative; liturgical celebration length varies
- When
- Once annually, on a day personally chosen
- Where
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit the cathedral and devoutly participate in a liturgical celebration, or at least pray an Our Father and a Creed there.
- This individual route is available once each year.
- Fulfil the ordinary conditions for a plenary indulgence, including detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Cathedral visit with the prayer alternative
Editorial estimate
About 3–5 minutes of prayer
Editorial estimate for the Our Father and Creed during the actual cathedral visit; no fixed timed minimum is prescribed. The applicable feast or once-annual eligibility still applies.
Cathedral visit with a liturgical celebration
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the liturgical celebration
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed; participate devoutly in the actual celebration on an eligible occasion.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions, except where the prescribed work itself includes Communion or a liturgical celebration
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Diocese of Bắc Ninh: perpetual cathedral indulgence, published 13 October 2025Apostolic Penitentiary text, Prot. 36/91/01, three occasions and permanent extension
- Diocese of Bắc Ninh: displayed grant textVietnamese transcription of the grant signed by Cardinal William Baum
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.