Antoine Nguyên Van Thien

Antoine Nguyên Van Thien

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name = Antoine Nguyên Van Thien


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Hispellum
Title = Titular Bishop of Hispellum
Period = 1968 - present
Predecessor = None
Successor = incumbent
ordination = 1932
bishops = Bishop of Vinh Long
post = Bishop | date of birth = birth date and age|1906|3|13
place of birth = Saigon, French Indochina|

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (born March 13 1906) is the oldest living bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Born in Cái Cồn, Vietnam, he was ordained a priest on February 20 1932. He was appointed Bishop of Vĩnh Long in November 1960 and received episcopal consecration in January the following year. Văn Thiện resigned that position in 1968 and was appointed Titular Bishop of Hispellum the same month. Bishop Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện became the oldest living bishop of the Roman Catholic Church on October 6 2005, with the death of Ettore Cunial at the age of 99. In 2006, he became a centenarian.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/sage2.html Oldest Roman Catholic bishops]

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