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Catholic prelate (1896–1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 of 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]
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Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ | |
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Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diệm | |
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Native name | Lê Hữu Từ |
Diocese | Phát Diệm |
See | Daphnusia |
Appointed | 14 June 1945 |
Installed | 1 November 1945 |
Term ended | 1959 |
Predecessor | Jean Maria Phan Đình Phùng |
Successor | Paul Bùi Chu Tạo |
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Ordination | 22 December 1928 |
Consecration | 29 October 1945 |
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Died | 24 April 1967 70) Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam | (aged
Motto | Vox clamantis in deserto (A voice of one crying in the desert) |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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