Archbishop Thuc

His Excellency Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục
Archbishop of Huế
Native name	Phêrô Máctinô Ngô Đình Thục
See	Archdiocese of Huế
Installed	24 November 1960
Term ended	17 February 1968
Predecessor	Jean-Baptiste Urrutia, Vicar Apostolic of Huế
Successor	Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên
Other posts	Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long, Vietnam (8 January 1938–24 November 1960) Titular Bishop of Saesina (8 January 1938–24 November 1960) Titular Archbishop of Bulla Regia (17 February 1968–13 December 1984)
Orders
Ordination	20 December 1925
Consecration	4 May 1938 by Antonin-Fernand Drapier
Personal details
Born	(1897-10-06)October 6, 1897 Huế, French Indochina
Died	December 13, 1984(1984-12-13) (aged 87) Carthage, Missouri
Buried	Springfield, Missouri
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Ngô Đình Khả
Education	Philosophy, Theology, Canon law
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Miles Christi (Soldier of Christ)
Signature
Coat of arms

Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋo ɗîɲ tʰùkp]) (6 October 1897 – 13 December 1984) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huế, Vietnam and a member of the Ngô family who ruled South Vietnam in the years leading up to the Vietnam War. He was the founder of Dalat University.

While Thục was in Rome attending the second session of the Second Vatican Council, the 1963 South Vietnamese coup overthrew and assassinated his younger brother Ngo Dinh Diem, who was president of South Vietnam. Thục was unable to return to Vietnam and lived the rest of his life exiled in Italy, France, and the United States. During his exile, he was involved with Traditionalist Catholic movements and consecrated a number of bishops without the Vatican's approval for the Palmarian and Sedevacantist movements. As a result, he was excommunicated by the Holy See and later reconciled with the Vatican a number of times.

Ngô Đình Thục was born in Huế to an affluent Roman Catholic family as the second of six sons born to Ngô Đình Khả, a mandarin of the Nguyễn dynasty who served Emperor Thành Thái during the French occupation of Vietnam.

Thục's elder brother, Khôi, served as a governor. Khôi was reportedly buried alive by the Việt Minh right after the August Revolution in August 1945 for having been a mandarin of the French-controlled Emperor Bảo Đại's administration. Three other brothers, Diệm, Nhu and Cẩn, were all politically active. Diệm had been Interior Minister under Bảo Đại in the 1930s for a brief period, and sought power in the late 1940s and 1950s under a Catholic anti-communist platform as various groups tried to establish their rule over Vietnam. Diệm led a coup, overthrowing the emperor and becoming president of South Vietnam in 1955. Diệm, Nhu and Cẩn were all later assassinated during the 1963 South Vietnamese coup.