# Vincent Nguyen

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{{Short description|Canadian Catholic prelate (born 1966)}}
{{for|the basketball player|Vincent Nguyen (basketball)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
| name             = Vincent Nguyen
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| title            = [Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toronto)
| image            = Bishop Vincent Nguyen.JPG
| image_size       = 250px
| native_name      = '''Vinh Sơn Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu'''
| caption          = Nguyen in 2013, speaking at the opening of [Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School](/source/Blessed_Pier_Giorgio_Frassati_Catholic_School) in [Scarborough, Ontario](/source/Scarborough%2C_Ontario).
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| archdiocese      = [Toronto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toronto)
| see              = Ammaedara<ref>{{cite web|url= http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/24613.php?index=24613&po_date=06.11.2009&lang=en|title=  NOMINA DI AUSILIARI DI TORONTO (CANADA)|publisher= Holy See Press Office|access-date=2012-04-30}}</ref> 
| appointed        = November 6, 2009
| enthroned        = January 13, 2010
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| ordination       = May 9, 1998
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| consecration     = January 13, 2010
| consecrated_by   = [Thomas Collins](/source/Thomas_Collins_(cardinal))
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [Sài Gòn](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh_City), [Republic of Việt Nam](/source/South_Vietnam)
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| religion         = [Catholic](/source/Catholic)
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| alma_mater       = {{unbulleted list|[University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) (1991), (1998)|[St. Augustine's Seminary](/source/St._Augustine's_Seminary_(Toronto)) (1998)|[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas](/source/Pontifical_University_of_Saint_Thomas_Aquinas) (2008)}}
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| motto            = {{unbulleted list|''Ego vobiscum sum''|(I am with you)|(Thầy ở cùng các con)}} 
| coat_of_arms     = Coat of arms of Vincent Nguyen.svg
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|image= Coat of arms of Vincent Nguyen.svg
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|    dipstyle=[The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
|    offstyle=[Your Excellency](/source/Your_Excellency)
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'''Vincent Hieu Manh Nguyen''' (born May 8, 1966) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who serves as [auxiliary bishop](/source/auxiliary_bishop) of the [Archdiocese of Toronto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toronto). On November 6, 2009 Nguyen was appointed by [Pope Benedict XVI](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) as one of two new Auxiliary Bishops for the [Archdiocese of Toronto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toronto) along with [Bishop William McGrattan](/source/William_Terrence_McGrattan).<ref name="Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cccb.ca/site/content/view/2733/1214/lang,eng/ |title=Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |access-date=2009-11-07 |archive-date=2010-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110062859/http://www.cccb.ca/site/content/view/2733/1214/lang,eng |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu was born in [South Vietnam](/source/South_Vietnam) and moved to Canada in 1984, just nine years after the [Fall of Saigon](/source/Fall_of_Saigon), which ended the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War). He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) and a Master of Divinity from [St. Augustine's Seminary](/source/St._Augustine's_Seminary_(Toronto)) in Toronto. He was ordained a priest on 9 May 1998.  He then did further studies in Rome, where he received a licentiate in [canon law](/source/canon_law) from [the Angelicum](/source/Pontifical_University_of_Saint_Thomas_Aquinas). From September 2009 to his consecration as bishop, he served as Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Toronto.<ref name="Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops"/>

Nguyen is Canada's first Bishop of Asian descent. He is currently the third youngest Bishop in Canada.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Biography|Catholicism|Canada}}
* [Archdiocese of Toronto](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toronto)

== References ==
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