Joseph Trần Văn Toản

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Joseph Trần Văn Toản
Bishop of Long Xuyên (since 2019)
ChurchCatholic Church
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination16 January 1992 by Bishop Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần
Consecration29 May 2014 by Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu
Personal details
Born (1955-04-07) 7 April 1955 (age 69)
Tam Kỳ, Quang Nam, Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
DenominationCatholic
OccupationCatholic bishop
MottoMea gloria est crux Christi
Coat of armsJoseph Trần Văn Toản's coat of arms

Joseph Trần Văn Toản (born 7 April 1955) is a Vietnamese Catholic bishop, currently serving as the Bishop of Long Xuyên since 2019.

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Joseph Trần Văn Toản was born on 7 April 1955 in Tam Kỳ, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. He began his religious studies at the minor seminary of Long Xuyên in 1966, continuing until 1974, and then at the major seminary until 1980. He served voluntarily in parishes in Môi Khôi and Thạnh Quới in the diocese of Long Xuyên for over ten years while awaiting government authorization for his ordination to the priesthood.[1][2][3][4]

Priesthood[edit]

He was ordained a priest on 16 January 1992 by Bishop Jean Baptiste Bùi Tuần and served as a parish vicar in Môi Khôi until 1999. He then went to Manila to study at De La Salle University, obtaining a doctorate in education in 2005. Upon returning to Vietnam, he was appointed director of the pastoral center and coordinator of pastoral and missionary activities in the diocese of Long Xuyên, as well as rector of the minor seminary of Santa Teresa. He also served as a professor of missiology at the interdiocesan major seminary of Cần Thơ.[1][2][3][5]

Episcopal ministry[edit]

On 5 April 2014, Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Long Xuyên and assigned him the titular see of Acalissus.[1] He was consecrated a bishop on 29 May of the same year by Bishop Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu. Three years later, on 25 August 2017, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the same diocese. He succeeded to the governance of the diocese on 23 February 2019, upon the retirement of his predecessor.[6] At the Vietnamese Bishops' Conference, he was elected president of the commission for laypeople for three consecutive terms since 2016.[7][8][9]

Episcopal lineage[edit]

The episcopal lineage is:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Long Xuyen - Agenzia Fides". fides.org. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Duc Cha Giuse Tran Van Toan Tan Giam Muc Phu Ta Long Xuyen". vntaiwan.catholic.org.tw. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Bài học từ bà mụ đỡ đẻ làng An Tiêm cho một Giám mục - Công giáo Việt Nam - cgvdt.vn". cgvdt.vn. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ NAM, HỘI ĐỒNG GIÁM MỤC VIỆT. "Giáo phận Long Xuyên: Đức cha Giuse Trần Văn Toản kế nhiệm Giám mục chính toà Long Xuyên". hdgmvietnam.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam: Nhân sự cho nhiệm kỳ 2016–2019". hdgmvietnam.org. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Biên bản Đại hội XIV Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam". hdgmvietnam.com. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Biên bản Đại hội lần thứ XV của Hội đồng Giám mục Việt Nam". hdgmvietnam.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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