The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam (abbreviated as CBCV; also known as the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam) is the
episcopal conference
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of the
Catholic bishops
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of
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
. Initially created in 1960s for
South Vietnam
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, and officially re-founded in 1980 after the reunification of Vietnam, the CBCV is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e.,
diocesan
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
,
coadjutor The term "coadjutor" (literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
These include:
* Coadjutor bishop ...
, and
auxiliary
Auxiliary may refer to:
In language
* Auxiliary language (disambiguation)
* Auxiliary verb
In military and law enforcement
* Auxiliary police
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bishops) in Vietnam. The current president of CBCV is
Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 1953) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2009 and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saigon, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon since October 201 ...
, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City.
Organizational structure
The current Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam for term 2022–2025 comprises the following committees:
Standing committee
* President:
Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 1953) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2009 and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saigon, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon since October 201 ...
Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên (born 26 October 1960) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2002, he was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Hanoi on 17 November 2018.
Biography
Thiên was born in Ke Sat in Hải Dương Pro ...
Emmanuel Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
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The Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1:22 –23) interprets this as a prophecy of ...
Joseph Nguyễn Đức Cường
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Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh (Vietnamese: Giuse Nguyễn Chí Linh; born 22 November 1949) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2004 and the Archbishop of Huế since 2016.
Biography
He was born Nguyễn Ch ...
Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference ...
(2013–2016)
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Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh
Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh (Vietnamese: Giuse Nguyễn Chí Linh; born 22 November 1949) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2004 and the Archbishop of Huế since 2016.
Biography
He was born Nguyễn Ch ...
(2016–2022)
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Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 1953) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2009 and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saigon, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saigon since October 201 ...
(since 2022)
See also
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Catholic Church in Vietnam
The Catholic Church in Vietnam () is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership Pope in Holy See, Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines, India, People's Republic of China ...
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List of Catholic dioceses in Vietnam
The Catholic Church in Vietnam comprises solely a Latin Church, Latin rite hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, comprising three metropolitan archdioceses and 24 suffragan dioceses.
There are no Eastern Catholic, (missionary) pre- ...