Xuân Định is a commune (''xã'') in
Xuân Lộc District,
Vietnam.
Hamlets
Thái Xuân is a hamlet within Xuân Định, in proximity to
Saigon
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. It was founded in 1954 by Father John Chinh Tran, a Catholic priest, in what was
South Vietnam
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at the time. Chinh founded it with peasants who had fled
North Vietnam. The group, who were Catholic, were from
Thái Bình Province
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. Due to the Xuân Lộc location and the Thái Bình origin, the hamlet was named "Thái Xuân".
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After the
Vietnam War lead to the disestablishment of South Vietnam, many Catholic refugees arrived in the United States. In
Houston, Chinh founded
Thai Xuan Village
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as a new community, and named it after the old village.
As of 2005, 99% of the residents of Thai Xuan have remained as Roman Catholics.
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Hamlets
Bảo Thị is a hamlet within Xuân Định.
References
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Communes of Đồng Nai province
Populated places in Đồng Nai province