Nguyen Van Thien

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thien.

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Bishop
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Vĩnh Long
In Office	24 Nov 1960 - 12 Jul 1968
Predecessor	None
Successor	Nguyễn Văn Mầu
Orders
Ordination	1932
Personal details
Born	March 13, 1906 (1906-03-13) (age 105) Saigon, French Indochina
Previous post	Priest

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện (born March 13, 1906) is a Vietnamese bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 105 years of age. He is also one of the last living bishops who served in South Vietnam.

Born in Cái Cồn, Thiện 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. Thiện resigned that position in 1968 and was appointed Titular Bishop of Hispellum the same month. He became the oldest living bishop of the 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

• Oldest Roman Catholic bishops
• "Bishop saved from rebels", Spokane Daily Chronicle, Nov 9, 1961

Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by:	Ngô Đình Thục

Persondata
Name	Nguyen Van Thien
Alternative names
Short description	Vietnamese Catholic bishop
Date of birth	March 13, 1906
Place of birth	Saigon, French Indochina
Date of death
Place of death