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History of Cai Be ParishnThere are two documents related to the establishment of Cai Be parish:n- Document of Nam Ky Khoi Nghia newspaper: before Cai Be parish was officially born, some 1825 parishioners fled the initiation of Minh Mang's time, arrived in Cai Be district, stored a single church. near the bridge of Cai Be Town (Iron Bridge) now. Soon after, she ran to Cai May, a remote place to avoid safety. Here they put another church. It was not until 1861 that there was a missionary father to help them.nn- According to Father P. Laurent's documents (Cha Binh): First, a layman in Cu Lao January heard the news of catching the religion in Chau Doc, Joseph Tran Ba ​​Phuoc took the whole family to flee in My Tho, at that time. Father Marc is the pastor. On the occasion of Mr. Tran Ba ​​Loc's son, Phuoc was promoted to become Doc Phu Su, in charge of managing Cai Be, the whole family of Phuoc was about 15 people settling in Cai Be, that is the number of parishioners. Firstly.nn- At that time, Cai Be parish belonged to Cai Nhum parish which was run by Father P. Tournier (Father Thu). Father Thu often traveled to Cai Be to celebrate Mass and gave the Sacraments to both Cai Thia and Cai May parishes. On Christmas in 1868, Tran Ba ​​Phuoc went to the vicar to ask for the establishment of Cai Be parish and promised to be devoted to this parish. Fr Thu accepted the invitation and the next day, his father took Fr. Peter Nguyen Duc Nhi to help set up a parish and live in Mr. Phuoc's house to join him in gathering followers to teach catechism. Thanks to Mr. Phuoc's moral example and Master Sau's enthusiasm, the number of followers is growing. Mr. Sau Nhi and Mr. Phuoc and the number of parishioners put together a makeshift church, located near the Steel Wire house at that time, near the current Church of the Second Bridge.nn- At the end of 1869, Father Thu baptized 338 reserves, with his family Phuoc, a total of 350 people at that time. In the same year, Six Nhi was ordained a priest and was ordained by Bishop Miche as the first deputy of Cai Be parish.nn- According to the above documents, Cai Be parish was officially established at the end of 1869 with 350 Catholics.nn- Priests used to serve the parish: Peter Nguyen Duc Nhi (First Deputy Father 1869 - 1874), Simon (Father Si, the first priest of 1871 - 1874), Noioberne (Father Thien 1875 - 1880), Launay ( Father Lo 1880 - 1881), Laurent (Cha Binh 1883 - 1889), Greset (Father Hoa 1889 - 1913), Adolphe Keller (Father Le 1913 - 1946), Paul Chanh (1946-1948), Peter Nguyen Van Thoi (1948 - 1951), Tađo Vo Thanh Tich (1951 - 1957), Peter Bui Van Saw (1957-1975), Francis Xavier Maria Nguyen Chi Tinh (1975-2005).nn- The pastor of Benedict Nguyen Cong Tuyen.

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Cai Be Church