Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu

Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu (born January 22, 1914 in Bà Ria , Bà Rịa-Vũng Tau Province , Vietnam ; † January 31, 2013 ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Vietnamese diocese of Vĩnh Long . His name combines western naming tradition ( Jacques as first name before the family name Nguyên ) with Vietnamese ( Van Mâu as a personal name is behind the family name).

Life

Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu entered the Saigon Minor Seminary at the age of 12. He was ordained a priest on September 21, 1940 . He was active in pastoral care in Bến Gỗ (1940/43) and Cái Thìa (1943/46) in the Apostolic Vicariate of Saigon . From 1946 to 1949 he was vicar in Côn Đảo , an isolated group of islands in the South China Sea , south of mainland Vietnam . From 1948 to 1955 he worked in the dioceses of Họ Bảo Lộc , Ðơn Dương , Ðà Lạt and Vũng Tau . From 1955 to 1960 he was professor at the Seminary of Joseph of Nazareth (Thánh Giuse). After a vicariate for the poor, he was rector of the seminary in Saigon from 1960 to 1968 .

In 1968 Pope Paul VI appointed him . to the Bishop of Vĩnh Long. The episcopal ordination on 12 September 1968 in the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon gave him Archbishop Angelo Palmas , former apostolic delegate in Vietnam; Co- consecrators were Paul Nguyên Van Binh , Archbishop of Saigon , and his predecessor Antoine Nguyên Van Thien . His episcopal motto was Amor et Labor .

In 2001, his age-related resignation was granted by Pope John Paul II ; he was succeeded by Thomas Nguyên Van Tan .

predecessor	Office	successor
Antoine Nguyên Van Thien	Bishop of Vĩnh Long 1968–2001	Thomas Nguyên Van Tan

personal data
SURNAME	Nguyên Van Mâu, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic Bishop of the Vietnamese Diocese of Vĩnh Long
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bà Ria , Bà Rịa-Vũng Tau Province, Vietnam
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 2013