It was founded in 1954 by Father John Chinh Tran, a Catholic priest, in what was South Vietnam at the time.

Chinh founded it with peasants who had fled North Vietnam.

The group, who were Catholic, were from Thái Bình Province.

[1] As of 2005, 99% of the residents of Thai Xuan have remained as Roman Catholics.

[2] Bảo Thị is a hamlet within Xuân Định.