Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam (abbreviated as CBCV; also known as the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Vietnam. Initially created in 1960s for South Vietnam, and officially re-founded in 1980 after the reunification of Vietnam, the CBCV is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops) in Vietnam. The current president of CBCV is Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân NÃÂng, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City.

Organizational structure

The current Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam for term 2022Ã¢ÂÂ2025 comprises the following committees:

Standing committee

President: Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân NÃÂng, Metropolitan Archbishop of HÃ¡Â»Â ChÃÂ Minh City
Vice President: Joseph VÃÂ© VÃÂn ThiÃÂªn, Metropolitan Archbishop of HÃÂ NÃ¡Â»Âi
Secretary General: Joseph ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh HÃÂ¹ng, Bishop of Phan ThiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿t
Deputy General Secretary: Louis NguyÃ¡Â»Ân Anh TuÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n, Bishop of HÃÂ TÃÂ©nh

Programmatic committees

Committee on the Bible: Vincent NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn BÃ¡ÂºÂ£n, Bishop of HÃ¡ÂºÂ£i PhÃÂ²ng
Committee on the Catholic Education: Peter HuÃ¡Â»Â³nh VÃÂn Hai, Bishop of VÃÂ©nh Long
Committee on Charitable and Social Actions - Caritas Vietnam: Thomas Aquinas VÃÂ© ÃÂÃÂ¬nh HiÃ¡Â»Âu, Bishop of BÃÂ¹i Chu
Committee on Clergy and Seminarians: Joseph ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â Quang Khang, Bishop of BÃ¡ÂºÂ¯c Ninh
Committee on Consecrated Life: Peter NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn KhÃ¡ÂºÂ£m, Bishop of MÃ¡Â»Â¹ Tho
Committee on Culture: Joseph ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ·ng ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â©c NgÃÂ¢n, Coadjutor Archbishop of HuÃ¡ÂºÂ¿
Committee on the Divine Worship: Emmanuel NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Âng SÃÂ¡n, Bishop of BÃÂ RÃ¡Â»Âa
Committee on the Doctrine of the Faith: John ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â VÃÂn NgÃÂ¢n, Bishop of XuÃÂ¢n LÃ¡Â»Âc
Committee on Evangelization: Dominic HoÃÂ ng Minh TiÃ¡ÂºÂ¿n, Bishop of HÃÂ°ng HÃÂ²a
Committee on Family: Dominic NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn MÃ¡ÂºÂ¡nh, Bishop of ÃÂÃÂ LÃ¡ÂºÂ¡t
Committee on Justice and Peace: Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân ÃÂÃ¡Â»Â©c CÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng, Bishop of Thanh HÃÂ³a
Committee on the Laity: Joseph TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n VÃÂn ToÃ¡ÂºÂ£n, Bishop of Long XuyÃÂªn
Committee on Migration: Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân ChÃÂ Linh, Metropolitan Archbishop of HuÃ¡ÂºÂ¿
Committee on Sacred Arts: Matthew NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn KhÃÂ´i, Bishop of Qui NhÃÂ¡n
Committee on Sacred Music: Aloisius NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃÂ¹ng VÃ¡Â»Â, Bishop of Kon Tum
Committee on Social Communications: Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân TÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n TÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âc, Bishop of PhÃÂº CÃÂ°Ã¡Â»Âng
Committee on Youth: Pierre NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn ViÃÂªn, Auxiliary Bishop of Vinh
Pastoral Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue: Joseph ChÃÂ¢u NgÃ¡Â»Âc Tri, Bishop of LÃ¡ÂºÂ¡ng SÃÂ¡n and Cao BÃ¡ÂºÂ±ng
Subcommittee on the Advisory of the Protection of Minors: Joseph HuÃ¡Â»Â³nh VÃÂn SÃ¡Â»Â¹, Bishop of Nha Trang
Missionary Society of ViÃ¡Â»Ât Nam: Alphonse NguyÃ¡Â»Ân HÃ¡Â»Â¯u Long, Bishop of Vinh

Aside from committee roles, Bishop Joseph BÃÂ¹i CÃÂ´ng TrÃÂ¡c assists Archbishop ThiÃÂªn, Vice President of the Bishops' Conference, with financial management, and Bishop Peter LÃÂª TÃ¡ÂºÂ¥n LÃ¡Â»Â£i was elected Vice Chairman of the Committee on Migration on the first annual conference of the Bishops' Conference in 2023.

List of presidents

Paul NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn BÃÂ¬nh (1966Ã¢ÂÂ1980)
Joseph-Marie TrÃ¡Â»Ânh VÃÂn CÃÂn (1980Ã¢ÂÂ1990)
Paul Marie NguyÃ¡Â»Ân Minh NhÃ¡ÂºÂt (1990Ã¢ÂÂ1995)
Paul Joseph PhÃ¡ÂºÂ¡m ÃÂÃÂ¬nh TÃ¡Â»Â¥ng (1995Ã¢ÂÂ2001)
Paul NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn HÃÂ²a (2001Ã¢ÂÂ2007)
Pierre NguyÃ¡Â»Ân VÃÂn NhÃÂ¡n (2007Ã¢ÂÂ2013)
Paul BÃÂ¹i VÃÂn ÃÂÃ¡Â»Âc (2013Ã¢ÂÂ2016)
Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân ChÃÂ Linh (2016Ã¢ÂÂ2022)
Joseph NguyÃ¡Â»Ân NÃÂng (since 2022)

References

External links

GCatholic entry