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Paul Bùi Văn Đọc

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Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City
Native name
Phaolô Bùi Văn Đọc
ProvinceSài Gòn
SeeHồ Chí Minh City
Appointed28 September 2013 (as Coadjutor)
Installed22 March 2014
Term ended6 March 2018
PredecessorJean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
SuccessorJoseph Nguyễn Năng
Other post(s)President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Việt Nam (2013-2016)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination17 December 1970
by Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Consecration20 May 1999
by Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Personal details
Born11 November 1944
Died6 March 2018(2018-03-06) (aged 73)[1]
Rome, Italy
NationalityVietnamese
Alma materPontifical Urban University
MottoAd Deum lætitiæ meæ
(God is my joy)
(Chúa là nguồn vui của con)
Coat of armsPaul Bùi Văn Đọc's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained bySimon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Date17 December 1970
PlaceDiocese of Đà Lạt
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Co-consecratorsBarthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm PSS
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Date20 May 1999
PlaceĐà Lạt Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Paul Bùi Văn Đọc as principal consecrator
Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai11 December 2015
Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng4 August 2016
Louis Nguyễn Anh Tuấn14 October 2017

Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. 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.[2]

Biography

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Paul Bùi was born on 11 November 1944 in Da Lat, Vietnam. In 1956, he started to study at a seminary in Sai Gon (now Hồ Chí Minh City). He then continued his studies in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University 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 Vicar General of Da Lat diocese in 1995.

On 26 March 1999, he was appointed Bishop of My Tho by Pope John Paul II 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 Pope Francis. 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 stroke 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 heart attack during a mass at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and was rushed to the San Camillo hospital where he died.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Đức Giám Mục Phaolô Bùi Văn Đọc, Tổng Giám Mục Giáo Phận Sàigòn, đã qua đời tại Vatican".
  2. ^ "Biên bản Đại Hội lần thứ XII Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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