Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a

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ese prelate of the

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. He served as the Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2013 to 2016.

Biography

Paul Bùi was born on 11 November 1944 in

Da Lat Da Lat, or Dalat (; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau. Da Lat is one of the mos ...

, Vietnam. In 1956, he started to study at a seminary in Sai Gon (now Hồ Chí Minh City). He then continued his studies in

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and

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at the

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in Rome, from 1964 to 1970. He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1970 in Da Lat and served as the Rector of Minh Hoa Major Seminary from 1975 until he became

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of Da Lat diocese in 1995. On 26 March 1999, he was appointed Bishop of My Tho by

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and was consecrated by Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn, Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City on 20 May the same year. He was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City on 28 September 2013 by

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. On 22 March 2014, he succeeded Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn upon the latter's resignation due to age limit. However, he was suffering from a

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for a very long time before his death. He died on 6 March 2018 in Rome while participating in the '' ad limina'' visit of the conference of Vietnamese bishops. He was suspected of suffering a

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during a mass at the

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and was rushed to the San Camillo hospital where he died.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bùi, Paul, Văn Đọc 1944 births 2018 deaths People from Da Lat 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam Pontifical Urban University alumni Vietnamese Roman Catholic archbishops Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops

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