Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (22 January 1914 – 31 January 2013) was a Vietnamese
bishop
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of the Roman
Catholic Church
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.
Biography
Jacques Mầu was born in
Bà Rịa
Bà Rịa () is a city in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in the Southeast region 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 ab ...
in 1914. He was ordained a priest on 21 September 1940 and served as the Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon from 1966 to 1968.
He was appointed
Bishop
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of
Vĩnh Long
Vĩnh Long ɨn˨˩˦:lawŋ˧˧is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Geography
Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 200,120 (as of 2018). The name was spelled 永 隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the form ...
by
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...
, following the resignation of Bishop
Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (13 March 1906 – 13 May 2012) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 106 years of age. He was also one of the last living bishops to have served in South Vietnam.
Born in ...
on 12 July 1968. He received his
episcopal consecration
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
by Archbishop
Angelo Palmas, Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam, on 12 September 1968 at the
Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.
On 3 July 2001, he retired from the diocese of Vĩnh Long, reaching the age of 87. He died on 31 January 2013, aged 99.
See also
References
External links
Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
1914 births
2013 deaths
People from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops
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