Pierre Nguyễn Soạn (15 December 1936 – 8 July 2024) was a Vietnamese Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of

Quy Nhơn Quy Nhon ( ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon was the capital of the former Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. H ...

from 1999 to 2012. He held the title of Bishop Emeritus of Quy Nhơn from 2012 until his death.

Biography

Pierre Nguyễn Soạn was born on 15 December 1936, in Phước Sơn, a commune in

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, Binh Dinh Province. He studied philosophy and theology at the Làng Sông Minor Seminary in

, the minor seminary in

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, and finally at the Pontifical Academy of Saint Pius X in

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. He also attended the

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, where he obtained a degree in English literature in 1971. He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1968, and he served in various capacities within the Diocese of Quy Nhơn. After his priestly ordination, he went to

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to study at the

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, where he earned a doctorate in canon law in 1974. Upon his return to Vietnam, he served as parish priest and seminary director during the

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and its aftermath. In 1989, he was appointed

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and cathedral parish priest. On 3 June 1999,

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appointed him Bishop of Quy Nhơn, and he was consecrated bishop on 12 August of the same year by

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Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể. He served as Secretary General of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference from 2001 to 2007. He participated in the X Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2001 and was elected a member of the post-synodal electoral committee. Pierre Nguyễn retired on 30 June 2012, upon reaching the age limit. He died in Quy Nhon on 8 July 2024, at the age of 87.https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2024-07/quo-153/lutto-nell-episcopato.html

Episcopal lineage

The

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: * Patriarch

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( XI) Denha * Patriarch

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* Bishop

Yohannan Gabriel Yohannan Gabriel (or ''Jean Guriel'', 1758–1833) was bishop of Salmas (Chaldean Archdiocese), Salmas of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1795 to his death. Life Isho'yahb Gabriel was born in Khosrowabad, West Azerbaijan, Khosrowa in 1758 and ...

* Archbishop

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Joseph VI Audo Joseph VI Audo (or ''Audu'' or ''Oddo'') (1790–1878) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1847 to 1878. Early life Joseph Audo was born in Alqosh in 1790 and in 1814 he became a monk of the monastery of Rabban Hormizd. He was ...

* Patriarch Eliya XIV Abulyonan * Patriarch

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* Bishop

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* Archbishop

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, O.P. * Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục * Archbishop

Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền was a Vietnamese prelate. He was Archbishop of Huế during the country's period of late 20th-Century wars and eventual reunification. Biography Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền was born on March 13, 1921, in Long ...

, P.F.I. * Archbishop

Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể (1 December 1935 – 16 December 2024) was a Vietnamese Catholic archbishop who served as the archbishop of Huế from 1998 to 2012. He held the title of Archbishop Emeritus of Huế. Biography Étienne Nguyễn ...

* Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Soạn

References

External links

* David M. Cheney,
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