Bishop Vincent Long

Bishop Vincent Long OFMConv DD is the first Vietnamese-born bishop to lead a diocese outside of Vietnam. He came to Australia as a refugee in 1981 and later became a Conventual Franciscan. After his priestly ordination on 30 December 1989, he was sent to Rome for further studies and was awarded a licentiate in Christology and Spirituality from the Pontifical Faculty of St Bonaventure. While serving the Order as an Assistant General in Rome during 2008-2011, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop in Melbourne in 2011. In 2016, he was installed as the fourth Bishop of Parramatta. Nationally, he serves as Chair of the Bishops’ Commission for Social Justice, Service and Mission.