Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ

History
Ordination history of; Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	22 December 1928
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
Co-consecrators	Dominique Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
Date	29 October 1945
Place	Phát Diệm Cathedral

Styles of
**Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ**
Styles of; Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

The Most Reverend

Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ

O.Cist.
The Most Reverend; Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ; O.Cist.
Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm
See	Phát-diệm
Appointed	14 June 1945
Installed	October 1945
Term ended	January 1959
Predecessor	Jean Maria Phan Đình Phùng
Successor	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1945–1967); Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (1948–1950);
Orders
Ordination	22 December 1928
Consecration	29 October 1945
Personal details
Born	28 October 1896; Di Loan, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, French Indochina
Died	24 April 1967 (aged 70); Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam
Previous post(s)	Abbot of Châu Sơn (1936–1945)
Motto	"Vox clamantis in deserto"

Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ (28 October 1896 – 24 April 1967) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm from 1945 to 1959.^[1] He was also a supreme advisor to the early government of the Democratic Republic Vietnam. As a leading Vietnamese Catholic nationalist figure during the First Indochina War, Từ was an ardent opponent of both French colonialism and Vietnamese communism.^[2]

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