He was appointed by Pope Francis on July 26, 2014, and was installed a month later.

His predecessor, Paul Bùi Văn Đọc, was named Coadjutor Archbishop and then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, in September, 2013 and in March, 2014, respectively.

[1] The creation of the diocese in its present form was declared on November 24, 1960.

By 2021, the diocese of Mỹ Tho had about 138,102 Catholics (3.0% of the population), 148 priests and 113 parishes.

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