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His Eminence Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội
Native name	Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Province	Hà Nội
See	Hà Nội
Appointed	22 April 2010 (as Coadjutor)
Installed	13 May 2010
Term ended	17 November 2018
Predecessor	Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt
Successor	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-)
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nội (2010) President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam (2007-2013) Bishop of Đà Lạt (1994–2010) Coadjutor Bishop of Đà Lạt (1991-1994)
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1967 by Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Consecration	3 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 86) Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
Nationality	Vietnamese
Motto	Illum oportet crescere (He must increase), John 3:30
Coat of arms

Styles of Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (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.

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. On 13 May 2010, he succeeded Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt as Archbishop of Hanoi.

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

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

• Catholic Church in Vietnam

References

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.

External links

• "Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Card. Pierre". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

• 1938 births
• Living people
• Vietnamese cardinals
• Cardinals created by Pope Francis
• 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam
• 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Vietnam
• Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
• People from Da Lat
• Vietnamese Roman Catholic archbishops
• Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishops