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Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ

Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm
See Phát-diệm
Appointed14 June 1945
InstalledOctober 1945
Term endedJanuary 1959
Predecessor Jean Maria Phan Đình Phùng
Successor Paul Bùi Chu Tạo
Other post(s)
  • Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1945–1967)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (1948–1950)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1928
Consecration29 October 1945
Personal details
Born(1896-10-28)28 October 1896
Died24 April 1967(1967-04-24) (aged 70)
Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam
Previous post(s)Abbot of Châu Sơn (1936–1945)
Motto"Vox clamantis in deserto"
Styles of
Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop
Ordination history of
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
History
Priestly ordination
Date22 December 1928
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
Co-consecrators Dominique Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
Date29 October 1945
Place Phát Diệm Cathedral

Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ (28 October 1896 – 24 April 1967) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm from 1945 to 1959. [1] He was also a supreme advisor to the early government of the Democratic Republic Vietnam. As a leading Vietnamese Catholic nationalist figure during the First Indochina War, Từ was an ardent opponent of both French colonialism and Vietnamese communism. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Chân dung tiểu sử Đức Cha Anselmô Tađêô Lê Hữu Từ". Diocese of Phát Diệm. 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ Goscha, Christopher E. (2011). "Lê Hữu Từ". Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945–1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach. University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN  9780824836047.

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