Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nguyễn Văn Thiện

Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1906

Place of Birth: Cần Thơ, Vietnam

Date of Death: 13-May-2012

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antoine Nguy?n Van Thi?n (13 March 1906 – 13 May 2012) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 106 years of age.
He was also one of the last living bishops to have served in South Vietnam.Born in Cái C?n, Thi?n was ordained a priest on 20 February 1932.
He was appointed the bishop of Vinh Long in November 1960 and received episcopal consecration in January 1961.
He resigned that position in 1968 and was appointed a titular bishop of Hispellum the same month.
He became the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop on 6 October 2005, with the death of Bishop Ettore Cunial at age 99.Thi?n died in Nice, France, on 13 May 2012, aged 106.
France's Géry Leuliet then became the oldest living Catholic bishop.