Pope Francis appoints Vincent Long Van Nguyen new Catholic bishop for Parramatta

By Damien Murphy
Updated May 7 2016 - 5:13am, first published 4:24am
The new Bishop of Parramatta Vincent Long Van Nguyen in Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney. Bishop Long was a Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia after a perilous boat journey. Photo: Nic Walker
The new Bishop of Parramatta Vincent Long Van Nguyen in Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney. Bishop Long was a Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia after a perilous boat journey. Photo: Nic Walker

The Catholic Church has put the issue of boat people front and centre with Pope Francis appointing a Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia after a perilous boat journey as the new bishop of Parramatta.

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