Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ

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Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ (28 October 1896 – 24 April 1967) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm from 1945 to 1959.[1] He was also a supreme advisor to the early government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. As a leading Vietnamese Catholic nationalist figure during the First Indochina War, Từ was an ardent opponent of both French colonialism and Vietnamese communism.[2]


Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ

Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diệm
Native name
Lê Hữu Từ
DiocesePhát Diệm
SeeDaphnusia
Appointed14 June 1945
Installed1 November 1945
Term ended1959
PredecessorJean Maria Phan Đình Phùng
SuccessorPaul Bùi Chu Tạo
Other post(s)
  • Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1945–1967)
Previous post(s)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (1948–1950)
  • Prior of Châu Sơn (1936–1945)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1928
Consecration29 October 1945
Personal details
Born(1896-10-28)28 October 1896
Died24 April 1967(1967-04-24) (aged 70)
Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam
MottoVox clamantis in deserto
(A voice of one crying in the desert)
Styles of
Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Ordination history of
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
History
Priestly ordination
Date22 December 1928
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
Co-consecratorsDominique Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
Date29 October 1945
PlacePhát Diệm Cathedral

References

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  1. ^ "Chân dung tiểu sử Đức Cha Anselmô Tađêô Lê Hữu Từ". Diocese of Phát Diệm. 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ Goscha, Christopher E. (2011). "Lê Hữu Từ". Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945–1954): An International and Interdisciplinary Approach. University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 9780824836047.

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