Vincent Nguyen

Motto
  • Ego vobiscum sum
  • (I am with you)
  • (Thầy ở cùng các con)
Coat of armsVincent Nguyen's coat of arms
Styles of
Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Vincent Nguyen, also known as Vincent Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu (born Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu on May 8, 1966) is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. On November 6, 2009 Nguyen was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as one of two new Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Toronto along with Bishop William McGrattan.[2]

Nguyen was born in South Vietnam and moved to Canada in 1984 just nine years after the Fall of Saigon which ended the Vietnam War. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Divinity from St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto. He was ordained a priest on 9 May 1998. He then did further studies in Rome, where he received a licentiate in canon law from the Angelicum. From September 2009 to his consecration as bishop, he served as Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Toronto.[2]

Nguyen is Canada's first Bishop of Asian descent. He is currently the third youngest Bishop in Canada.

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References

  1. ^ "NOMINA DI AUSILIARI DI TORONTO (CANADA)". Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. ^ a b Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops