About Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
Lived 1897 – 1967 (aged 69). Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ was a Vietnamese catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Thaddeus Anselmus 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.
Từ was 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, he was an ardent opponent of both French colonialism and Vietnamese communism. As a leader of the Northern Catholic faction, one of the 'Big Five' groups that accommodated themselves to the State of Vietnam, Từ urged Bảo Đại to grant Vietnam a constitution during the 1953 crisis, a period that demanded greater national autonomy from France.
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Who was Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ?
Vietnamese Catholic bishop (1897-1967)
When was Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ born?
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ was born on 29 October 1897 in French Indochina, Quảng Trị, Vĩnh Linh.
When did Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ die?
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ died on 24 April 1967 in Ho Chi Minh City.
What was Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ's occupation?
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
What nationality was Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ?
Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ was Vietnamese.
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