Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước

Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước
	Bishop of Phú Cường
See	Diocese of Phú Cường
Installed	30 June 2012
Predecessor	Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ
Successor	incumbent
Other posts	Head of Episcopal Committee on Social Communications
Orders
Ordination	4 April 1991; by Lu-y Hà Kim Danh
Consecration	29 April 2011; by Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ
Personal details
Born	22 September 1958; Bình Dương
Nationality	Vietnamese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	444 Cách Mạng Tháng Tám,; Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường; (2011-2012)
Motto	Illum Oportet Crescere (Vietnamese: Ngài Phải Lớn Lên, English: He Must Increase)

Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước is a Vietnamese prelate. He is the current Bishop of Phú Cường and the Head of the Episcopal Committee on Social Communications.[1]

Biography

Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was born on September 22, 1958 in Bình Dương, Vietnam. From 1971 to 1978, he studied philosophy and theology at local seminaries. On April 4, 1991, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh, the second bishop of Phú Cường. In 1999, he was sent to France to continue his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris until 2006. After returning to Vietnam, he worked at the Phú Cường diocese's Pastoral Center.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường on March 14, 2011. Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was consecrated a bishop by Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ, the third bishop of Phú Cường, on April 29 that year.

He succeeded Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ, who was retiring, to be the fourth bishop of Phú Cường on June 30, 2012.

References

"Biên bản Đại Hội lần thứ XII Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước

Notes

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ	Bishop of Phú Cường 2012–now	Succeeded by incumbent

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[1] "Biên bản Đại Hội lần thứ XII Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.