Pope appoints auxiliary bishop to Ho Chi Minh City
Archdiocese
Pope Francis made an
appointment on Saturday in Vietnam. He nominated Fr. Joseph Do
Manh Hung, the chancellor and secretary of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City
as Auxiliary Bishop of the same archdiocese. The 58-year old priest will
be assisting Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc.
Fr. Joseph was born on Sept
15, 1957, in Saigon in what is today Ho Chi Minh City. After attending
St. Joseph’s minor seminary of Ho Chi Minh City (1968-1976), he continued his
studies at St. Joseph’s major seminary (1976-1982). From 1993 to 1998, he
was in Paris, France, studying theology at the Institut Catholique, from where
he obtained a doctorate.
Following his priestly
ordination on Aug. 30, 1990, Fr. Joseph he was assigned several
responsibilities, among them, assistant parish priest and professor at the
major seminary (1998 – 2011), and vice rector of the major seminary
(2011-2014). From 2001 he has been in charge of the Association Priests of
Prado; and from 2005 he has been secretary of the Vietnam bishops’ commission
for the clergy and seminarians. Since 2014, Fr. Joseph has been the
chancellor and secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese.
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