Vinh Thanh Major Seminary,
Nghi Dien village,
Nghi Loc district,
Nghe An province,
Vietnam
Phone: +84 907 949 340; +84 98 231 1468
Email:
[email protected]
Bishop Pierre Van Vien was born on 8th January 1965. He is a native of Quang Binh province. He was drafted into the army, where he stayed until 1984. He obtained a doctorate in economics from the University of Agronomy, Hue, in 1992. He was ordained priest in 1999 in the Diocese of Vinh and was sent to work among Vietnamese immigrants in Australia, where he took his doctorate in theology. At the time of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of Vinh on June 15, 2013 he was serving as Vicar-General of the same diocese. He was ordained bishop on Sept. 4, 2013.