Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước

Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước is a Vietnamese prelate. He is the current Bishop of Phú Cường and the Head of the Episcopal Committee on Social Communications.[1]

Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước
Bishop of Phú Cường
SeeDiocese of Phú Cường
Installed30 June 2012
PredecessorPhêrô Trần Đình Tứ
Successorincumbent
Other postsHead of Episcopal Committee on Social Communications
Orders
Ordination4 April 1991
by Lu-y Hà Kim Danh
Consecration29 April 2011
by Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ
Personal details
Born (1958-09-22) 22 September 1958
Bình Dương
NationalityVietnamese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Residence444 Cách Mạng Tháng Tám,
Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường
(2011-2012)
MottoIllum Oportet Crescere (Vietnamese: Ngài Phải Lớn Lên, English: He Must Increase)
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tước.

Biography

Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was born on September 22, 1958 in Bình Dương, Vietnam. From 1971 to 1978, he studied philosophy and theology at local seminaries. On April 4, 1991, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh, the second bishop of Phú Cường. In 1999, he was sent to France to continue his studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris until 2006. After returning to Vietnam, he worked at the Phú Cường diocese's Pastoral Center.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường on March 14, 2011. Bishop Giuse Nguyễn Tấn Tước was consecrated a bishop by Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ, the third bishop of Phú Cường, on April 29 that year.

He succeeded Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ, who was retiring, to be the fourth bishop of Phú Cường on June 30, 2012.

References
  1. "Biên bản Đại Hội lần thứ XII Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

Notes
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop Phêrô Trần Đình Tứ		 Bishop of Phú Cường
2012–now		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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