Vincent Nguyen (born Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu on May 8, 1966) is an auxiliary

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of the

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. On November 6, 2009 Nguyen was appointed by

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as one of two new Auxiliary Bishops for the

along with Bishop William McGrattan.Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
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and moved to Canada in 1984 just nine years after the

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which ended the

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. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from the

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and a Masters of Divinity from St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto. He was ordained a priest on 9 May 1998. He then did further studies in Rome, where he received a licentiate in

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from the Angelicum. From September 2009 to his consecration as bishop, he served as Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Nguyen is Canada's first Bishop of Asian descent. He is currently the third youngest Bishop in Canada.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Vincent 1966 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada Living people University of Toronto alumni Vietnamese emigrants to Canada 21st-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Applicants_for_refugee_status_in_Canada

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