Nguyễn Khắc Ngư Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ
Native Name:Micae Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ
Native Name Lang:vi
Bishop of Long Xuyên
Church:Catholic
Province:Sài Gòn
See:Long Xuyên
Appointed:24 November 1960
Term Started:4 April 1961
Term Ended:30 December 1997
Successor:Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần
Ordination:29 June 1934
Consecration:22 January 1961
Consecrated By:Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục
Birth Date:2 February 1909
Death Place:Long Xuyên, Việt Nam

Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ (2 February 1909 – 10 June 2009[1]) was a Vietnamese prelate in the Roman Catholic Church.

Ngư was born in Vạn Đồn, Indochina in 1909, and was ordained as a priest on 29 June 1934. He was appointed bishop of the newly created Diocese of Long Xuyên on 24 November 1960, and received his episcopal consecration on 22 January 1961. Ngư retired from the Diocese of Long Xuyên on 30 December 1997, at the age of 88. He died on 10 June 2009, at the age of 100. At the time of his death he was the third oldest living Roman Catholic bishop,

References

  1. News: Msgr. Ngu dies. AsiaNews.it. 11 June 2009. 11 June 2009.

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