Joseph Vũ Duy Thống (July 2, 1952 – March 1, 2017) was a Vietnamese prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phan Thiet from July 2009 to his death and the Head of the Episcopal Committee on Cultural Affairs. He was Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City from 2001 to 2009.

Biography

Joseph Thống was born on July 2, 1952, in

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. After moving to

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, he studied philosophy and theology at seminaries in Long Xuyen diocese and Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) archdiocese. He was ordained a priest on October 26, 1985, for the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. He then furthered his studies at the

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and obtained a master's degree in

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in 1998. Later, he became professor at the

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of Ho Chi Minh City. On July 4, 2001, he was appointed the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. On August 17, 2001, he was ordained a bishop by

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at the

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. On July 25, 2009, he was named Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Phan Thiet, and was installed on September 3, 2009. On March 1, 2017, Thống died after a few days in a coma."Décès, à quelques jours d’intervalle, de deux évêques du Centre-Vietnam, appartenant à deux générations différentes", from Églises d'Asie
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References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvuduy.html * http://cbcvietnam.org/Dioceses/phan-thiet-diocese.html * http://gpphanthiet.com/uploads/news/2017_03/cao-pho-dc-giuse-web.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Vũ, Joseph, Duy Thống 1952 births 2017 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam People from Thái Bình province Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops