Vincent Long Van Nguyen
Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFMConv (born December 3, 1961 in Dong Nai ) is a Vietnamese-Australian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Parramatta .
Life
Vincent Long Van Nguyen came to Australia as a refugee with his parents in 1980 and joined the religious order of the Minorites . He made his profession on December 8, 1984 and was ordained a priest on December 30, 1989 by the auxiliary bishop of Melbourne , George Pell .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on May 20, 2011 auxiliary bishop in Melbourne and titular bishop of Thala . The Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart , donated him episcopal ordination on June 23 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were George Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney , and Giuseppe Lazzarotto , Apostolic Nuncio in Australia .
Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Parramatta on May 5, 2016. The inauguration took place on June 16 of the same year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Parramatta (Australia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 5, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Anthony Fisher |
Bishop of Parramatta since 2016 |
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SURNAME | Long Van Nguyen, Vincent |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese-Australian religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Parramatta |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dong Nai |