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Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn

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Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội
Nhơn in 2010
Native name
Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
ProvinceHà Nội
SeeHà Nội
Appointed22 April 2010 (as Coadjutor)
Installed13 May 2010
Term ended17 November 2018
PredecessorJoseph Ngô Quang Kiệt
SuccessorJoseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Other postCardinal Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015–)
Previous posts
Orders
Ordination21 December 1967
by Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Consecration3 December 1991
by Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm PSS
Created cardinal
14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Born (1938-04-01) 1 April 1938 (age 88)
Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
MottoIllum oportet crescere
(Latin for 'He must increase')
(John 3:30)
Styles
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Religious styleCardinal
Informal styleCardinal
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained bySimon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Date21 December 1967
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorBarthélémy Nguyên Sơn Lâm PSS
Co-consecratorsPaul Nguyễn Văn Hòa
Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi
Date3 December 1991
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn as principal consecrator
Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt SJ2 October 2008
Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi4 February 2010

Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn[pronunciation?] (born 1 April 1938) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the fifth Archbishop of Hanoi from 2010 to 2018. A cardinal since 2015, he previously served as the third Bishop of Đà Lạt from 1994 to 2010, and the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2007 to 2013.

Biography

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Nguyễn Văn 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 Nguyễn 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Other Pontifical Acts" (Press release). Vatican Information Service. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pope appoints new bishops to Hanoi and Vinh". Asia News. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "BBC News - Pope Francis names 20 new cardinals". BBC News. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  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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