Pierre Trần Đình 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]

Pierre Trần Đình Tứ
Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường
SeeDiocese of Phú Cường
Installed5 November 1998
Term ended30 June 2012
PredecessorLouis Hà Kim Danh
SuccessorJoseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Other postsHead of Episcopal Committee on the Divine Worship
Orders
Ordination29 April 1965
Consecration6 January 1999
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born (1937-03-02) 2 March 1937
Thái Bình
NationalityVietnamese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous postBishop of Phú Cường
(1998-2012)
MottoYêu rồi làm
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tứ.

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. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. 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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