Pierre Trần Thanh Chung
Pierre Trần Thanh Chung (November 10, 1927 – September 10, 2023) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop. He led the Diocese of Kon Tum from 1995 to 2003.
Born in Da Nang, Annam, French Indochina, he was ordained a priest on May 25, 1955, by Paul Léon Seitz of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP).
Chung became Coadjutor Bishop of Kon Tum on March 26, 1981, and was consecrated on November 22, 1981, by Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc. He was installed as Bishop of Kon Tum on April 8, 1995, and served in that role until his retirement on July 16, 2003. His motto was Dilexit me (He loves me).
He died on September 10, 2023, in Chư Prông district, Vietnam, at the age of 95.
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