Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (22 January 1914 – 31 January 2013) was a Vietnamese
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the Roman
Catholic Church
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.
Biography
Jacques Mầu was born in
Bà Rịa in 1914. He was ordained a priest on 21 September 1940 and served as the Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon from 1966 to 1968.
He was appointed
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Vĩnh Long
Vĩnh Long () is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 147,039 (as of 2009). The name was spelled 永 隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the former Hán Nôm writing syst ...
by
Pope Paul VI
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, following the resignation of Bishop
Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện on 12 July 1968. He received his
episcopal consecration by Archbishop
Angelo Palmas Angelo Palmas (21 December 1914 – 9 June 2003) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Palmas was born in Villanova Monteleone, Italy, on 21 December 1914. He was ordained a pr ...
, Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam, on 12 September 1968 at the
Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.
On 3 July 2001, he retired from the diocese of Vĩnh Long, reaching the age of 87. He died on 31 January 2013, aged 99.
See also
References
External links
Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
1914 births
2013 deaths
People from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops
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