Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa

Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa (20 July 1931 – 14 February 2017) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop.

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Hòa.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa
Bishop of Nha Trang
Native name	Phaolô Nguyễn Văn Hòa
Province	Huế
See	Nha Trang
Appointed	25 April 1975
Installed	25 May 1975
Term ended	4 December 2009
Predecessor	François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận
Successor	Joseph Võ Đức Minh
Other post(s)	President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Việt Nam (2001-2007)
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuột (2006-2009) Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975)
Orders
Ordination	20 December 1959 by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Consecration	5 April 1975 by Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai
Personal details
Born	20 July 1931 Bình Lục, Hà Nam, French Indochina
Died	14 February 2017(2017-02-14) (aged 85) Nha Trang, Việt Nam
Buried	Marian Shrine of the Nha Trang Cathedral
Nationality	Vietnamese
Denomination	Catholic Church
Alma mater	Pontifical Urban College de Propaganda Fide Pontifical Urban University Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music[1]
Motto	In spiritu et veritate (In spirit and truth) (Trong tinh thần và chân lý)
Coat of arms

Styles of Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian Date 20 December 1959 Place Diocese of Rome Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai Co-consecrators Father Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực Date 5 April 1975 Place Chapel of the Congregation of the Queen of Peace, Ban Mê Thuột
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa as principal consecrator Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho 18 June 1997 Antoine Vũ Huy Chương 1 October 2003 Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh 4 August 2004 Joseph Võ Ðức Minh 15 December 2005

Ordained to the priesthood in 1959, Nguyễn Văn Hòa served as of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang from 1975 to 2009.^[2]

He was the composer of Vietnamese-language Mass "Seraphim", which is written in 1960.

See also

• Catholic Church in Vietnam