Paul Bùi Văn Đọc


Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City
Native name
Phaolô Bùi Văn Đọc
ProvinceSài Gòn
SeeHồ Chí Minh City
Appointed28 September 2013 (as Coadjutor)
Installed22 March 2014
Term ended6 March 2018
PredecessorJean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
SuccessorJoseph Nguyễn Năng
Other post(s)President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Việt Nam (2013-2016)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination17 December 1970
by Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Consecration20 May 1999
by Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Personal details
Born11 November 1944
Died6 March 2018(2018-03-06) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy
NationalityVietnamese
Alma materPontifical Urban University
MottoAd Deum lætitiæ meæ
(God is my joy)
(Chúa là nguồn vui của con)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Paul Bùi Văn Đọc
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained bySimon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Date17 December 1970
PlaceDiocese of Đà Lạt
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Co-consecratorsBarthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm PSS
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Date20 May 1999
PlaceĐà Lạt Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Paul Bùi Văn Đọc as principal consecrator
Peter Huỳnh Văn Hai11 December 2015
Joseph Đỗ Mạnh Hùng4 August 2016
Louis Nguyễn Anh Tuấn14 October 2017

Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc (11 November 1944 – 6 March 2018) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City from 2014 to 2018 and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2013 to 2016.