Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ

History
Ordination history of; Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	22 December 1928
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
Co-consecrators	Dominique Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
Date	29 October 1945
Place	Phát Diệm Cathedral

Styles of
**Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ**
Styles of; Thaddeus Anselm Lê Hữu Từ
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

The Most Reverend

Thaddeus Anselmus Lê Hữu Từ

O.Cist.
The Most Reverend; Thaddeus Anselmus Lê Hữu Từ; O.Cist.
Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diệm
Native name	Lê Hữu Từ
Diocese	Phát Diệm
See	Daphnusia
Appointed	11 July 1945
Installed	1 November 1945
Term ended	1959
Predecessor	Jean Maria Phan Đình Phùng
Successor	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1945–1967); Apostolic Administrator of Bùi Chu (1948–1950);
Previous post	Prior of Châu Sơn (1936–1945);
Orders
Ordination	22 December 1928
Consecration	29 October 1945
Personal details
Born	28 October 1896; Di Loan, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, French Indochina
Died	24 April 1967 (aged 70); Gò Vấp, Saigon, South Vietnam
Motto	Vox clamantis in deserto; (A voice of one crying in the desert)

Thaddeus Anselmus Lê Hữu Từ (28 October 1896 – 24 April 1967) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Phát Diệm from 1945 to 1959.^[1] He was also a supreme advisor to the early government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. As a leading Vietnamese Catholic nationalist figure during the First Indochina War, Từ was an ardent opponent of both French colonialism and Vietnamese communism.^[2]