Pierre Trần Đình Tứ

Pierre Trần Đình Tứ
Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường
See Diocese of Phú Cường
Installed 5 November 1998
Term ended 30 June 2012
Predecessor Louis Hà Kim Danh
Successor Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Other posts Head of Episcopal Committee on the Divine Worship
Orders
Ordination 29 April 1965
Consecration 6 January 1999
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born (1937-03-02) 2 March 1937
Thái Bình
Nationality Vietnamese
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post Bishop of Phú Cường
(1998-2012)
Motto Yêu rồi làm
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Trần. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Tứ.

Pierre Trần Đình Tứ is a Vietnamese prelate. He is currently the Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường and the Head of the Episcopal Committee on the Divine Worship.[1]

Biography

Pierre Tứ was born on March 2, 1937 in Thái Bình, Vietnam. In 1948, he went to My Duc Minor Seminary. From 1954 to 1957, he was sent to study philosophy in Hong Kong. After his return to Vietnam, he studied theology at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Sai Gon (now Ho Chi Minh City) from 1961 to 1965.

On April 29, 1965, he was ordained a priest and served at parishes in Phú Cường diocese. In 1968, he was sent to Rome to further his studies and obtained a doctorate in canon law and bachelor's degree in liturgy. He then became the rector of a local major seminary from 1975 to 1988, and taught at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City, from 1987 to 1988.

On November 5, 1998, he was appointed Bishop of Phú Cường, the third bishop of this diocese. He was consecrated a bishop on January 6, 1999 in Rome by Pope John Paul II. He was one of the two Vietnamese bishops who got consecrated by the Pope in Rome, the other was Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng, the first Vietnamese bishop.

On June 30, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Pierre Tứ's resignation due to age limit, and named Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước his successor.

References

  1. ↑ "Biên bản Đại Hội lần thứ XII Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

Notes

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Louis Hà Kim Danh		 Bishop of Phú Cường
1998–2012 		Succeeded by
Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
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