Thinh Xuan Nguyen

The Most Reverend Thinh Xuan Nguyen
Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
Native name	Gioakim Nguyễn Xuân Thinh
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Melbourne
Province	Melbourne
Appointed	8 November 2024
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Madaurus
Orders
Ordination	16 September 2006 by  Denis Hart
Consecration	1 February 2025 by  Peter Comensoli
Personal details
Born	(1973-01-23) 23 January 1973 (age 52) Saigon, South Vietnam
Nationality	Vietnamese
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Motto	Confide, vocat te (Take courage, He is calling you)
Coat of arms

Styles of Thinh Xuan Nguyen
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Thinh Xuan Nguyen (born 3 January 1973) is a Vietnamese-born Australian bishop of the Catholic Church. He is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

Early life

Nguyen was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. He was the third youngest of nine brothers and four sisters born to Hang Xuan Nguyen and Coi Thi Nguyen (née Pham). He came to Australia at the age of 13 and attended secondary school at Redden Catholic College, Preston. He obtained a Bachelor of Building Engineering from the Victoria University and worked for an engineering firm before entering Corpus Christi College Regional Seminary, Carlton in 1999. ^[1]

Presbyteral ministry

Nguyen was ordained deacon on 8 October 2005. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Melbourne on 16 September 2006 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne by Archbishop Denis Hart. ^[2] He served in the parish of Deer Park as a curate before being appointed parish priest of Fitzroy. He became a formator at Corpus Christi College Regional Seminary, Carlton in 2013 and then served as chaplain at the University of Melbourne. In 2020 he became parish priest of Bennettswood. ^[3]

He holds a master's degree in Theological Studies and a Master of Arts in spirituality. In 2022, he was appointed coordinator of Clergy, Life and Ministry in the Archdiocese. ^[4]

Episcopal ministry

On 8 November 2024, Pope Francis announced he had appointed Nguyen and Father Rene Ramirez RCJ as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. ^[5] The pair were consecrated as bishops on 1 February 2025 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Peter A Comensoli while Bishop Gregory Bennet of Sale and Bishop Shane Mackinlay of Sandhurst were co-consecrators. ^[6]

References

1. "Auxiliary Bishops". melbournecatholic.org. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. "Bishop Thinh Xuan Nguyen". catholic-hierarchy.org. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
3. "Resignations and Appointments, 08.11.2024". Vatican.va. The Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
4. "Auxiliary Bishops". melbournecatholic.org. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
5. "Resignations and Appointments, 08.11.2024". Vatican.va. The Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
6. "Joy overflows at Consecration of Melbourne's newest bishops". Melbourne Catholic. Archdiocese of Melbourne. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.