Paul Nguyên Van Hòa
Paul Nguyên Van Hòa (born July 20, 1931 in Bôi Kênh ; † February 14, 2017 ) was a Vietnamese clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Nha Trang .
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His name combines western naming tradition ( Paul as first name before the family name Nguyên ) with Vietnamese ( Van Hòa as a personal name is behind the family name).
After attending a theological seminary he received on 20 December 1959 by Cardinal Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian the priesthood .
After a decade and a half in the pastoral care he was on January 30, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. appointed Bishop of Phan Thiết . On April 5 of the same year, the bishop of Ban Mê Thuột , Pierre Nguyên Huy Mai , donated him episcopal ordination . The later Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Joseph Trinh Chinh Truc , assisted the presbyter . Just three weeks after his episcopal ordination, he was appointed bishop of Nha Trang .
From 2001 to 2007 Van Hòa was chairman of the Vietnamese Bishops' Conference . In a statement, he complained that admission to preparation for the priesthood in his country entailed waiting periods of years, in some cases decades.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related resignation on December 4, 2009 and appointed Joseph Võ Đức Minh as his successor.
As a priest, Van Hòa was part of the Vietnamese delegation of the IV All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague in 1971 , which was organized by the Christian Peace Conference (CFK). The CFK, which was taken over by the regimes of the socialist states for their anti-church politics and propaganda, praised Bishop Van Hòa's role as a contribution to laying a foundation for the future of the Catholic Church in the socialist Vietnam, which was founded a few years later .
Web links
- Entry on Paul Nguyên Van Hòa on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 16, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information department of the Christian Peace Conference (ed.): Our common responsibility for a better world. Documents of the Fourth All-Christian Peace Assembly Prague, September 30 - October 3, 1971. Prague 1971.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop of Phan Thiết 1975 |
Nicolas Huynh Van Nghi |
| François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân |
Bishop of Nha Trang 1975-2009 |
Joseph Võ Đức Minh |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nguyên Van Hòa, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Hòa, Nguyên |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese clergyman, Roman Catholic diocesan bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bôi Kênh |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2017 |