Alexis Pham Van Lôc
Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc (born March 17, 1919 in Phủ Cam , Huế ; † November 17, 2011 in Kon Tum ) was a Vietnamese clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Kontum .
Life
Alexis Pham Van Lôc attended the Thiên Hựu grammar school in Huế from 1933 to 1940 and completed his Abitur in 1941 at the Khải Định, Huế. He attended the Kon Tum Missionaries Seminary and entered the Qui Nhơn Seminary in 1944. In 1945 he moved to the Missionaries College in Kon Tum. From 1946 to 1951 he finished his studies at Hu Seminar Seminary. He was ordained a priest on August 21, 1951 by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Urrutia MEP, Vicar Apostolic of Huê. From 1957 to 1969 he was the rector of the State Seminary of Missionaries in Kon Tum. In 1969/71 he completed a postgraduate course at the Institut Catholique de Paris .
On March 27, 1975 he was after the end of the Vietnam War by Pope Paul VI. appointed titular bishop of Respecta and appointed coadjutor bishop of Kontum . The Bishop of Kontum, Paul-Léon Seitz MEP , consecrated him on the same day in Kon Tum as bishop. The episcopal motto of Alexis Pham Van Lôc was "omnium servum" (I want to be the servant of all; 1 Cor 9.19). He succeeded Paul-Léon Seitz MEP in office on October 2, 1975 and became the fourth bishop of Kontum.
On April 8, 1995, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. He was buried in Kon Tum Cathedral.
His name combines western name tradition ( Alexis as first name before the family name Pham ) with Vietnamese ( Van Lôc as a personal name is behind the family name).
Web links
- Entry on Alexis Pham Van Lôc on catholic-hierarchy.org
- L'Osservatore Romano : “Vietnam: Décès de Mgr Alexis Pham Van Lôc, évêque émérite de Kontum. Elan missionnaire et formation des jeunes séminaristes. " , Zenit, November 21, 2011 (French)
- Những bước cuối cùng cuộc lữ hành của Đức Cha Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc (Vietnamese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Đức cha Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc, nguyên GM Kontum đã an nghỉ trong Chúa" , Dòng Tên Việt Nam, November 17, 2011 (Vietnamese)
- ↑ "Thánh lễ an táng Đức cố giám mục Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc" ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Dòng Tên Việt Nam, November 22, 2011 (Vietnamese)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paul-Léon Seitz MEP |
Bishop of Kontum 1975–1995 |
Pierre Trân Thanh Chung |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pham Van Lôc, Alexis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Phạm Văn Lộc, Alexis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kontum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phủ Cam , Huế |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 2011 |
| Place of death | Kontum |