Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Raphael Nguyễn Văn Diệp
Coadjutor Bishop of Vĩnh Long
Church:Catholic
Province:Hồ Chí Minh City
Diocese:Vĩnh Long
See:Tubusuptu
Appointed:15 August 1975
Term End:27 May 2000
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu[1] (1975–2007)
Ordination:7 December 1954
Consecration:15 August 1975
Consecrated By:Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu
Birth Date:20 October 1926
Birth Place:Long Thôi, French Indochina
Death Place:Hồ Chí Minh City, Việt Nam
Motto:Vigilate et orate
(Watch and pray)

Raphael Nguyễn Văn Diệp (20 October 1926  - 20 December 2007) was a Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Churchin Vietnam.

Biography

Raphael Diệp was born in Long Thôi in 1926. He was ordained a priest on 7 December 1954.

He was appointed titular bishop of Tubusuptu and coadjutor bishop of Vĩnh Long by Pope Paul VI. The appointment of a coadjutor bishop was due to the then difficult and unstable political situation in Vietnam.[2] He received his episcopal consecration from bishop Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu, on the same day of his appointment 15 August 1975.Despite initial fears, he never took over the government of the diocese. He continued serving the community as coadjutor bishop until 27 May 2000, when he retired due to reaching the age limit.[3] He died on 20 December 2007, aged 81.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tubusuptu . Catholic Hierarchy . 11 March 2023.
  2. News: Décès de Mgr Raphaël Nguyên Van Diêp, évêque coadjuteur émérite du diocèse de Vinh Long . https://web.archive.org/web/20200513171819/https://missionsetrangeres.com/eglises-asie/2008-01-01-deces-de-mgr-raphael-nguyen-van-diep-eveque/ . 2020-05-13 .
  3. News: RINUNCE E NOMINE, 27.05.2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200511214535/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/05/27/0336/01234.html . 2020-05-11 .