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Nguyễn Khắc Ngư

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Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ
Bishop of Long Xuyên
Native name
Micae Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ
ChurchCatholic
ProvinceSài Gòn
SeeLong Xuyên
Appointed24 November 1960
Installed4 April 1961
Term ended30 December 1997
SuccessorJean Baptiste Bùi Tuần
Orders
Ordination29 June 1934
Consecration22 January 1961
by Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục
Personal details
Born(1909-02-02)2 February 1909
Died10 June 2009(2009-06-10) (aged 100)
Long Xuyên, Việt Nam

Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ (2 February 1909 – 10 June 2009[1]) was a Vietnamese prelate in the Roman Catholic Church.

Ngư was born in Vạn Đồn, Indochina in 1909, and was ordained as a priest on 29 June 1934. He was appointed bishop of the newly created Diocese of Long Xuyên on 24 November 1960, and received his episcopal consecration on 22 January 1961. Ngư retired from the Diocese of Long Xuyên on 30 December 1997, at the age of 88. He died on 10 June 2009, at the age of 100. At the time of his death he was the third oldest living Roman Catholic bishop,

References

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  1. ^ "Msgr. Ngu dies". AsiaNews.it. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
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