- Ordination of Bishop
Vincent Nguyen
takes place Wednesday -
TORONTO
,
Jan. 11
/CNW/ - On
Wednesday, January 13
, the Archdiocese of
Toronto
will celebrate the ordination of Canada's youngest - and first Asian -
Roman Catholic
bishop. His Grace,
Thomas Collins
, Archbishop of
Toronto
, will preside at the ordination ceremony for Bishop-elect
Vincent Nguyen
, taking place at St. Michael's Cathedral at
3 p.m.
Nearly 1000 invited guests, including family, friends, parishioners, 30 bishops and more than 200 priests of the archdiocese will be on hand as Bishop-elect Nguyen, 43, is ordained as an auxiliary bishop of
Toronto
. Pope Benedict XVI announced his appointment on
November 6, 2009
.
The sixth of nine children, Bishop-elect Nguyen was born in
Saigon
,
Viet Nam
and moved to
Toronto
in 1984. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of
Toronto
in 1998. Since then, he has served in a number of
Toronto
parishes, achieved his licentiate in Canon Law from Rome and currently serves as the chancellor of spiritual affairs and moderator of the curia in
Toronto
.
This ordination marks the first time Bishop-elect Nguyen and all of his brothers and sisters have reunited in 30 years. Six siblings are traveling to
Toronto
from
Viet Nam
for the celebration.
This event follows the ordination Tuesday in
London
, ON of Bishop-elect William McGrattan, also as an auxiliary bishop of
Toronto
.
Auxiliary bishops assist archbishops in their pastoral work. The Archdiocese of
Toronto
, Canada's largest diocese, is home to 1.9 million Catholics and 224 parishes, with mass celebrated in more than 30 languages each week.
Due to space restrictions, all media wishing to cover the event are asked to respond, providing any recording/broadcast needs, to the Archdiocese of
Toronto
by
1 p.m.
on
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
. (Both ordination ceremonies will be webcast live at
3 p.m.
on the respective days by Salt+Light Television at www.saltandlighttv.org.)
For further information: Media contact: Bill Steinburg, Communications Manager, Archdiocese of Toronto, (416) 934-3400 x558, (416) 708-9655 (cell), [email protected], www.archtoronto.org
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