Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu
Native Name:Giacôbê Nguyễn Văn Mầu
Native Name Lang:vi
Bishop of Vĩnh Long
Church:Catholic
Province:Hồ Chí Minh City
See:Vĩnh Long
Appointed:12 July 1968
Term Start:19 September 1968
Term End:3 July 2001
Successor:Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân
Ordination:21 September 1940
Consecration:12 September 1968
Consecrated By:Angelo Palmas
Birth Date:22 January 1914
Birth Place:Bà Rịa, French Indochina
Death Place:Vĩnh Long, Việt Nam
Motto:Amor et Labor
(Love and Labor)
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu.svg

Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (22 January 1914  - 31 January 2013) was a Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Jacques Mầu was born in Bà Rịa in 1914. He was ordained a priest on 21 September 1940 and served as the Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon from 1966 to 1968.

He was appointed Bishop of Vĩnh Long by Pope Paul VI, following the resignation of Bishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện on 12 July 1968. He received his episcopal consecration by Archbishop Angelo Palmas, Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam, on 12 September 1968 at the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.

On 3 July 2001, he retired from the diocese of Vĩnh Long, reaching the age of 87. He died on 31 January 2013, aged 99.

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