Joseph Bùi Công Trác (Vietnamese: Giuse Bùi Công Trác) is a Vietnamese prelate. He was ordained a priest in 1999 and was appointed Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Sài Gòn by Archbishop

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in 2016 and remains so as of 2024. On 1 November 2022,

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appointed Trác as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hồ Chí Minh City.

Biography

Bùi Công Tắc was born on 5 May 1965 in the city of Đà Lạt in South Việt Nam. He grew up near the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, but at the age of 10, his family moved to

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, or what is now Hồ Chí Minh City. According to Trác, his father wanted to name his children after the children of the legendary family (Sơn-Hà-Xã-Tắc), but due to some unknown reason, his name was changed to Trác in the paperwork, along with his brother, who became Xá. From October 1993 to July 1999, he entered Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Sài Gòn as a seminarian of the third class of the major seminary after it was closed from 1982 to 1986. This seminary class is considered a "golden class" because of their work in the committees of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam, seminaries, religious orders, and episcopal sees. Trác was ordained a

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on 19 March 1999 by Archbishop

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Priesthood

On 30 June 1999, deacon Trác, along with three other future bishops of his same seminary class, were ordained

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for the Archdiocese Hồ Chí Minh City by Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn at the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Sài Gòn.

Auxiliary Bishop of Hồ Chí Minh City

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hồ Chí Minh City on

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2022. His appointment was to be on 29 October 2022 with Bishop Dominic Đặng Văn Cầu for the Diocese of Thái Bình, but was postponed due to a retreat that Archbishop Năng had to attend. Trác notes in an interview that he has a "great devotion in praying for the souls in

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," and is thankful that his appointment was made during the month of All Souls. He was ordained bishop on 3 January 2023 at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center and consecrated by Archbishop

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. His co-consecrators were

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, Auxiliary Bishop of Hồ Chí Minh City as well as Apostolic Administrator of Hà Tĩnh and Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi, Bishop of Qui Nhơn.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Joseph Bùi Công Trác
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bùi, Joseph, Công Trác 1965 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops People from Da Lat Bishops appointed by Pope Francis