Nguyen Van Mau
Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop
About Nguyen Van Mau
Lived 1914 – 2013 (aged 99). Nguyen Van Mau was a Vietnamese university teacher, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu (22 January 1914 – 31 January 2013) was a Vietnamese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography Jacques Mầu was born in Bà Rịa in 1914. He was ordained a priest on 21 September 1940 and served as the Rector of Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon from 1966 to 1968.
He was appointed Bishop of Vĩnh Long by Pope Paul VI, following the resignation of Bishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện on 12 July 1968. He received his episcopal consecration by Archbishop Angelo Palmas, Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam, on 12 September 1968 at the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.
On 3 July 2001, he retired from the diocese of Vĩnh Long, reaching the age of 87. He died on 31 January 2013, aged 99.
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Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop (1914–2013)
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Nguyen Van Mau was born on 22 January 1914 in Bà Rịa.
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Nguyen Van Mau died on 31 January 2013 in Vĩnh Long.
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Nguyen Van Mau was a university teacher, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Nguyen Van Mau was Vietnamese.
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· DBpedia: Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu
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