Paul Seitz
Paul-Léon Seitz | |
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Diocese of Kontum | |
| In office | 1952–1975 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion |
| Successor | Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 July 1937 by Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye |
| Consecration | 3 October 1952 by John Jarlath Dooley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1906 |
| Died | 23 February 1984 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Previous post(s) | Priest |
Paul-Léon Seitz (22 December 1906 - 23 February 1984) was a French
Montagnard
tribes.
Seitz was dedicated to medical and social welfare for the Montagnaard people. He was active in fundraising efforts on behalf of the tribespeople, securing donations from England and the United States.
During the Vietnam War, Seitz sought relief for the many thousands of refugees that were displaced by the Viet Cong.
References
- Cheney, David M. "The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church"
- Hickey, Gerald Cannon. (2003). Window on a War: An Anthropologist in the Vietnam Conflict, Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press
- Seitz, Paul L. (1975). Men of Dignity: The Montagnards of South Vietnam, Imprimerie Saint-Paul
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