Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Lê. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Từ.

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. 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.

The Most Reverend Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ O.Cist.
Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diệm
Native name	Lê Hữu Từ
Diocese	Phát Diệm
See	Daphnusia
Appointed	14 June 1945
Installed	1 November 1945
Term ended	1959
Predecessor	Jean Maria Phan Đình Phùng
Successor	Paul 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
Ordination	22 December 1928
Consecration	29 October 1945
Personal details
Born	(1896-10-28)28 October 1896 Di Loan, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, French Indochina
Died	24 April 1967(1967-04-24) (aged 70) Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam
Motto	Vox clamantis in deserto (A voice of one crying in the desert)

Styles of Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
History Priestly ordination Date 22 December 1928 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng Co-consecrators Dominique Hồ Ngọc Cẩn Date 29 October 1945 Place Phát Diệm Cathedral

Further reading

• Đoàn Độc Thư; Xuân Huy (1973). Giám mục Lê Hữu Từ & Phát Diệm 1945–1954: Những năm tranh đấu hào hùng. Sài Gòn: Sử liệu Hiện đại.