Diocese of

Bùi Chu

Vietnam Vietnam

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bùi Chu / Bùi Chu (Tiếng Việt) / 裴朱 (正體中文) / Buichuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hà Nôi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Phát Diêm (↙), Hà Nôi (↖), Thái Bính (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.08.17 – ...):Bishop Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu (71)Bishop Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu (71)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bùi Chu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu (71)Bishop Thomas Vũ Đình Hiệu (71)
(2013.08.17 – ...)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Ngài yêu họ đến cùng / In finem dilexit eos

Born:1954.10.30 (Ninh My, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1999.01.22
Consecrated Bishop:2009.10.10

Priest of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam) (1999.01.22 – 2009.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (2009.07.25 – 2012.12.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc (Vietnam) (2009.07.25 – 2012.12.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (2012.12.24 – 2013.08.17)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (2013.08.17 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B.
(2001.07.04 – 2013.08.17)

Quodcumque Dixerit vobis facite

Born:1938.09.12 (Hai Son, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1973.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:2001.08.08
Died:2013.08.17 († 74)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (2001.07.04 – 2013.08.17)

Bishop Joseph Vũ Duy Nhất
(1987.03.12 – 1999.12.11)

Lạy Cha, xin vâng ý Cha

Born:1911.11.15 (Sa-Châu, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1960.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:1979.08.08
Died:1999.12.11 († 88)

Priest of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1960.11.27 – 1979.07.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1979.07.04 – 1987.03.12)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1987.03.12 – 1999.12.11)

Bishop Dominique-Marie Lê Hữu Cung
(1975.04.28 – 1987.03.12)

Mater Maria, spes nostra

Born:1898.03.12 (Phú Nhai, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1975.06.29
Died:1987.03.12 († 89)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1975.04.28 – 1987.03.12)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh
(1960.11.24 – 1974.02.11)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:1917.07.31 (Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1945.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:1960.11.10
Died:1974.02.11 († 56)

Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1959 – 1960.03.05)

Titular Bishop of Berenice (1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1974.02.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh
(1960.03.05 – 1960.11.24)

(see above)

Fr. Joseph-Marie Phạm Năng Tĩnh (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1960.03.05)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi
(1950.02.03 – 1960.03.05)

In verbo Tuo laxabo rete / Vâng lời Thầy con thả lưới

Born:1909.05.14 (Tôn Dao, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1950.08.04
Died:1988.01.21 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1950.02.03 – 1960.03.05)

Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto (1950.02.03 – 1960.11.24)

Bishop of Quy Nhon (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1963.01.18)

Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam) (1963.01.18 – 1988.01.21)

Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist.
(Apostolic Administrator 1948 – 1950.02.03)

Bishop Domingo Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
(1936.06.17 – 1948.11.27)

In omni patientia et doctrina

Born:1876.12.03 (Ba Châu, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1902.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1935.06.29
Died:1948.11.27 († 71)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1935.03.11 – 1936.06.17)

Titular Bishop of Zenobias (1935.03.11 – 1948.11.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1936.06.17 – 1948.11.27)

Bishop Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1936.06.17)

Born:1865.06.28 (Berástegui, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1888.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1908.01.05
Died:1936.06.17 († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1907.08.14 – 1924.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Pityus (1907.08.14 – 1936.06.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu (Vietnam) (1924.12.03 – 1936.06.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Tonking (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Muñagorri y Obineta, O.P.
(1907.08.14 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Máximo Fernández, O.P.
(1898.02.12 – 1907.08.14)

Born:1846.11.18 (San Miguel de Zureda, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1869.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1898.10.16
Died:1924.08.12 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1898.02.12 – 1907.08.14)

Titular Bishop of Attudana (1898.02.12 – 1924.08.12)

Bishop Wenceslao Oñate, O.P.
(1884.11.26 – 1897.06.23)

Born:1841.09.28 (Estella, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1866.03
Consecrated Bishop:1883.10.21
Died:1897.06.23 († 55)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1882.09.18 – 1884.11.26)

Titular Bishop of Issus (1882.09.18 – 1897.06.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1884.11.26 – 1897.06.23)

Bishop Manuel Ignacio Riaño
(1879.11 – 1884.11.26)

Born:1829.07.31 (Coe, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1853.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:1868.01.01
Died:1884.11.26 († 55)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1866.08.20 – 1879.11)

Titular Bishop of Thaumaci (1866.08.20 – 1884.11.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1879.11 – 1884.11.26)

Bishop Bernabé García Cezón, O.P.
(1864.09.09 – 1879.11)

Born:1834.03.31 (Huerta de Valdecarabanos, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1865.04.16
Died:1899.10.02 († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1864.09.09 – 1879.11)

Titular Bishop of Byblus (1864.09.09 – 1899.10.02)

Saint Bishop Valentín Faustino Berrio-Ochoa de Aristi, O.P.
(1858.07.28 – 1861.11.01)

Born:1827.02.14 (Ellorio, Vitoria, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1851.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1858.06.27
Died:1861.11.01 🩸 (Hải Dương, Vietnam † 34)
Beatified:1906.05.20
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:11.01

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1857.12.25 – 1858.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Centuria (1857.12.25 – 1861.11.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1858.07.28 – 1861.11.01)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Saint Bishop José Melchór García-Sampedro Suárez, O.P.
(1857.07.20 – 1858.07.28)

Born:1821.04.26 (Cortes, Quirós, Asturias, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1847.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1855.09.16
Died:1858.07.28 🩸 (Nam Định, Vietnam † 37)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:07.28

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1853.04.15 – 1857.07.20)

Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1853.04.15 – 1858.07.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1857.07.20 – 1858.07.28)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Saint Bishop José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P.
(1852.08.26 – 1857.07.20)

Born:1818.10.25 (Santa Eulalia de Suegos, Lugo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1844.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1849.04.08
Died:1857.07.20 🩸 (Nam Định, Vietnam † 38)
Beatified:1951.04.29
Canonised:1988.06.19
Feast:07.20

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1848.09.05 – 1852.08.26)

Titular Bishop of Platæa (1848.09.05 – 1857.07.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1852.08.26 – 1857.07.20)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Bishop Domingo Martí, O.P.
(1847.05.18 – 1852.08.26)

Born:1811.08.16 (Morella, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1834.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1847.06.29
Died:1852.08.26 († 41)

Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1847.05.18 – 1852.08.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking (Vietnam) (1847.05.18 – 1852.08.26)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Phát Diêm (↙), Hà Nôi (↖), Thái Bính (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,350 km²

Population: 430,937 Catholics (33.2% of 1,296,363 total)

Pastoral Centres: 191 parishes, 447 missions

Personnel: 233 priests (217 diocesan, 16 religious), 1,201 religious (29 brothers, 1,172 sisters), 207 seminarians

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