sentences:  A devout member of the Catholic minority, Diệm dedicated the country to the Virgin Mary and heavily disenfranchised and disadvantaged the Buddhist majority.Đính once described himself as "fearless and arrogant" and Diệm's adopted son; the president was a lifelong bachelor.In August 1957, he was appointed commander of the 1st Division based in Huế, the old imperial capital and Cần's base.