Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước | |
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Bishop of Phú Cường | |
See | Diocese of Phú Cường |
Installed | 30 June 2012 |
Predecessor | |
Successor | incumbent |
Other post(s) | Head of Episcopal Committee on Social Communications |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 April 1991 by |
Consecration | 29 April 2011 by |
Personal details | |
Born | Bình Dương | 22 September 1958
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | 444 Cách Mạng Tháng Tám, Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường (2011-2012) |
Motto | Illum Oportet Crescere (Vietnamese: Ngài Phải Lớn Lên, English: He Must Increase) |
Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước is a Vietnamese prelate. He is the current Bishop of Phú Cường and the Head of the Episcopal Committee on Social Communications.[1]
Biography[]
Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was born on September 22, 1958 in Bình Dương, Vietnam. From 1971 to 1978, he studied philosophy and theology at local seminaries. On April 4, 1991, he was ordained a priest by Bishop , the second bishop of Phú Cường. In 1999, he was sent to France to continue his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris until 2006. After returning to Vietnam, he worked at the Phú Cường diocese's Pastoral Center.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường on March 14, 2011. Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was consecrated a bishop by Bishop , the third bishop of Phú Cường, on April 29 that year.
He succeeded Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ, who was retiring, to be the fourth bishop of Phú Cường on June 30, 2012.
References[]
- ^ "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 18 January 2015.
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Notes[]
- 1958 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
- People from Bình Dương Province