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Diocese of Quy Nhon

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Bishop Mattheus Van Khoi Nguyen
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Bishop Mattheus Van Khoi Nguyen
Bishop's House,
116 Tran Hung Dao st.,
Quy Nhon city,
Binh Dinh province,
Vietnam

Phone: 0905 532 238, 84 56 3823 017
Fax :--
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Bishop Mattheus Nguyen Van Khoi was born on Oct. 13, 1951 at Go Thi parish in Binh Dinh province. He entered the local Lang Song minor seminary in 1963 and studied philosophy and theology at the Pius X Pontifical Institute in Da Lat from 1970-1977. At the same time he also studied literature at the Catholic University of Da Lat. He did pastoral work at a local parish and worked as a farmer for a living for years until he was ordained a priest on May 10, 1989. He served as pastor of Nam Binh parish and taught at Stella Maris Major Seminary in Nha Trang city until 2000, when he was sent to study at the Pontifical University of Urbaniana in Rome and obtained a doctorate in moral theology in 2005. After he returned to Vietnam, he served as pastor of the cathedral and taught at the major seminary. He was named coadjutor bishop of Quy Nhon diocese on Dec. 31, 2009 and his Episcopal ordination was on Feb. 4, 2010 at the cathedral. He succeded Bishop Pierre Nguyen Soan, whose resignation Pope Benedict XVI accepted on Jun 30, 2012.

Bishop Khoi heads the Episcopal Commission for Holy Arts of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference.

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Bishop Emeritus Soan Pierre Nguyen (1999-2012)
  • Bishop Pierre Nguyen Soan (1999-2012)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Phan Van Hoa (1976-1987)
  • Bishop Paul Huynh Dong Cac (1974-1999)
  • Bishop Dominic Hoang Van Doan (1963-1974)
  • Bishop Pierre Marie Pham Ngoc Chi (1957-1963)
  • Bishop Marcel Piquet Loi, MEP (1944-1957)
  • Bishop Augustin Marie Tardieu Phu, MEP (1930-1942)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Philomen Jeanningros (1912 - 1921)
  • Bishop Damien Grangeon Man, MEP (1902-1930)
  • Bishop Francois Xavier Van Camelbecke Han, MEP (1884-1901)
  • Bishop Louis Marie Galibert Loi, MEP (1879-1883)
  • Bishop Eugéne Etienne Charbonnier Tri, MEP (1864-1878)
  • Coadjutor Bishop François Marie Pellerin (1846 - 1850)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Dominique Lefébvre (1841 - 1844)
  • Bishop Etienne Théodore Cuenot, MEP (1840 - 1861)
  • Bishop Jean Louis Taberd (1830 - 1840)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Jean André Doussain (1808 - 1809)
  • Bishop Jean Labartette (1799 - 1823)
  • Bishop Pierre Pigneau de Béhaine (1771 - 1799)
  • Bishop Guillaume Piguel (1764 - 1771)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Edmond Bennetat (1748 - 1758)
  • Bishop Armand-François Lefebvre (1743 - 1760)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Jean Valére Rist (1735 - 1737)
  • Bishop Alexandro de Alexandris (1728 - 1738)
  • Coadjutor Bishop Charles-Marin Labbé (1697 - 1723)
  • Bishop François Perez (1692 - 1728)
  • Bishop Louis Laneau (1684 - 1692)
  • Bishop Guillaume Mahot (1682 - 1684)
  • Bishop Louis Laneau (1680 - 1682)
  • Bishop Lambert de la Motte (1659-1679)

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