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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Paul Nguyen Quang Dinh, until now vicar general of the diocese of Hung Hoá, Vietnam, responsible for Son Loc Cathedral and the diocesan liturgical Commission, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular see of Voncaria.
Msgr. Paul Nguyen Quang Dinh was born on 18 May 1973 in Son Thuy, in the diocese of Hung Hoá. He studied philosophy and theology at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Hanoi.
He was ordained a priest on 29 November 2005 for the diocese of Hung Hoá.
After ordination, he first served as parish vicar of Du Ba in Hung Hoá (2006) and parish priest of Ngo Xa in Hung Hoá (2006-2009). He studied for a master’s degree in liturgy and sacramental theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris, France (2009-2016), and went on to hold the offices of parish priest of Yen Tap in Hung Hoá (2016-2019), and parish priest of Tuyên Quang in Hung Hoá (2019-2022).
Since 2022 he has been vicar general and responsible for the Son Loc Cathedral and the liturgical Commission of the diocese of Hung Hoá. (Agenzia Fides, 15/3/2025)
