Ngô Đình Thục
Ngô Đình Thục | |
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| Archbishop of Huế | |
| Native name | Phêrô Máctinô Ngô Đình Thục |
| Province | Huế |
| See | Huế |
| Appointed | 24 November 1960 |
| Installed | 12 April 1961 |
| Term ended | 17 February 1968 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Baptiste Urrutia MEP (as Vicar Apostolic) |
| Successor | Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên PFI |
| Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Bulla Regia (1968–1984) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1925 by Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys MEP |
| Consecration | 4 May 1938 by Antonin Drapier OP |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1897 |
| Died | 13 December 1984 (aged 87) Carthage, Missouri, U.S. |
| Buried | Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri (present) Resurrection Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri (formerly) |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Parents | Ngô Đình Khả |
| Education | Philosophy, theology, Catholic canon law |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Miles Christi (Soldier of Christ) (Chiến sĩ Chúa Kitô) |
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| Styles of Ngô Đình Thục | |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Your Excellency |
Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋo ɗîŋ̟ tʰùk]) (6 October 1897 – 13 December 1984) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Huế in the Republic of Vietnam from 1960 until 1968. He later lived in exile in Europe due to unrest in his country and became a sedevacantist and was consequently excommunicated twice by the Catholic Church, but five months before he died he repented his views and was received back into the Church.
He was a member of the Ngô family who ruled South Vietnam in the years leading up to the Vietnam War and was the founder of Dalat University. While Thục was in Rome attending the second session of the Second Vatican Council, the 1963 South Vietnamese coup overthrew and assassinated his younger brothers, Ngô Đình Diệm (who was president of South Vietnam) and Ngô Đình Nhu. Thục was unable to return to Vietnam and lived the rest of his life exiled in Italy, France, and the United States. During his exile, he was involved with Traditionalist Catholic movements and consecrated a number of bishops without the Vatican's approval for the Palmarian and sedevacantist movements. Today, various Independent Catholic and sedevacantist groups claim to have derived their apostolic succession from Thục.