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Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Thomas Nguyễn Thái Thành
Native Name:Tôma Nguyễn Thái Thành
Native Name Lang:vi
Auxiliary Bishop of Orange
Titular Bishop of Acalissus
Province:Los Angeles
See:Acalissus
Diocese:Orange
Appointed:October 6, 2017
Enthroned:December 19, 2017
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Acalissus (2017 -)
Ordination:May 11, 1991
Ordained By:Peter A. Rosazza
Consecration:December 19, 2017
Consecrated By:Kevin Vann, Felipe de Jesús Estévez, and Robert Joseph Baker
Birth Name:Nguyễn Thái Thành
Birth Date:7 April 1953
Birth Place:Nha Trang, French Indochina
Motto:Educavit me
(He leads me)
Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen
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Thomas Thành Thái Nguyễn (born April 7, 1953) is a Vietnamese-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Orange in Southern California since 2017.

Biography

Early life

Thomas Nguyễn was born on April 7, 1953, in Nha Trang in what was then French Indochina. His family fled Vietnam by boat in 1979, landing in the Philippines after 15 days at sea. They were allowed to immigrate to the United States in 1980.

Nguyễn entered the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette religious order in 1984. He took his first vows to the Missionaries in 1987 and was ordained a deacon in 1990.[1]

Priesthood

On May 11, 1991, Nguyễn was ordained to the priesthood by Auxiliary Bishop Peter Rosazza for the Missionaries Order at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Hartford, Connecticut,

After his 1991 ordination, the Missionaries assigned Nguyễn as an associate pastor at Thomas the Apostle Parish in Smyrna, Georgia. He was transferred in 1994 to St. Ann Parish in Marietta, Georgia, to serve in the same role. In 1996, Nguyễn became parochial vicar at Christ the King Parish in Jacksonville, Florida, part of the Diocese of St. Augustine.

Nguyễn was incardinated, or transferred, from the Missionaries to the Diocese of St. Augustine. In 2001, he was named pastor of Christ the King. He began offering Mass in Vietnamese and established a Vietnamese community at the parish. Nguyễn was transferred from Christ the King to St. Joseph Parish in Jacksonville, where he inaugurated a youth Mass and built a youth center.

Auxiliary Bishop of Orange

Pope Francis appointed Nguyễn as auxiliary bishop of Orange on October 6, 2017.[2] [3] On December 19, 2017, Nguyen was consecrated as a bishop by Bishop Kevin Vann at St. Columban Church in Garden Grove, California. Bishops Felipe de Jesús Estévez and Robert Baker were the co-consecrators.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-02-17 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. News: Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishop of Orange . October 6, 2017 .
  3. News: Congratulations Father Thanh Thai Nguyen . October 6, 2017 . Diocese of St. Augustine.