Pierre Trần Đình Tứ is a
Vietnamese prelate. He is currently the
Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường and the Head of the
Episcopal Committee on the Divine Worship.
Biography
Pierre Tứ was born on 2 March 1937 in
Thái Bình,
Vietnam. In 1948, he went to My Duc Minor Seminary. From 1954 to 1957, he was sent to study
philosophy
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in
Hong Kong. After his return to Vietnam, he studied
theology at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Sai Gon (now Ho Chi Minh City) from 1961 to 1965.
On 29 April 1965, he was ordained a priest and served at parishes in Phú Cường diocese. In 1968, he was sent to Rome to further his studies and obtained a
doctorate in
canon law and
bachelor's degree in
liturgy
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. He then became the rector of a local major seminary from 1975 to 1988, and taught at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City, from 1987 to 1988.
On 5 November 1998, he was appointed
Bishop of Phú Cường, the third bishop of this diocese. He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1999 in Rome by
Pope John Paul II. He was one of the two
Vietnamese bishops who got consecrated by the Pope in Rome, the other was
Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
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, the first Vietnamese bishop.
On 30 June 2012,
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Pierre Tứ's resignation due to age limit, and named
Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese prelate. He is the current Roman Catholic Diocese of Phu Cuong, Bishop of Phú Cường and the Head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam, Episcopal Committee on So ...
his successor.
References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Pierre Trần Đình Tứ
Notes
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1937 births
Living people
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam