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Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn

Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn

Vietnamese prelate

Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn[pronunciation?] (Vietnamese: Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn; born 1 April 1938) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hanoi from May 2010 to November 2018. A cardinal since February 2015, he was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt from 1994 to 2010, and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2007 to 2013.

This article is about the Roman Catholic cardinal. For the military official, see Nguyễn Văn Nhơn.
For other people named Pierre Nguyen, see Pierre Nguyen.
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Nhơn.
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Biography

Nhơn was born in 1938 in Lâm Đồng, Vietnam. He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1967. On 11 October 1991, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Đà Lạt. On 3 December 1991, he was consecrated by Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm. He succeeded as Bishop of Đà Lạt on 23 March 1994.

On 22 April 2010, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi.[1] On 13 May 2010, he succeeded Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt as Archbishop of Hanoi.[2]

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that Nhơn would be created Cardinal-priest on 14 February.[3] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Tommaso Apostolo.[4]

In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Hanoi on 17 November 2018.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Other Pontifical Acts" (Press release). Vatican Information Service. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Pope appoints new bishops to Hanoi and Vinh". Asia News. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. [3]
    "BBC News - Pope Francis names 20 new cardinals". BBC News. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
Additional sources

Valiente, Gianni (8 January 2015). "Il nuovo cardinale vietnamita e la "via della pazienza"". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2018.

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