Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng (born June 30, 1940) is a Vietnamese prelate. He was Archbishop of Huế until 2016 and the Vice President of the

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Biography

Francis Xavier Hồng was born on June 30, 1940, in Quang Tri,

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. After finishing his studies at

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Pontifical College in Da Lat, he was ordained a priest for the

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on December 21, 1969. He was a professor at Hoan Thien

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and served as a parish priest until he was sent to France for his further studies in 1999. He returned to Vietnam in 2002 and was in charge of pastoral activities for Phú Hậu Parish. On February 19, 2005, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Huế and was consecrated by Stephen Nguyễn Như Thể, Archbishop of Huế on April 7 the same year. He was appointed Archbishop of Huế on August 18, 2012, by

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, succeeding Archbishop Stephen Thể after the latter's resignation due to age limit. On October 29, 2016,

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named

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� ...

as his successor in the Archdiocese of Hue.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Francis Xavier Lê Văn Hồng
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