Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Explained

Type:cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Native Name:Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Native Name Lang:vi
Bishop Of:Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội
Province:Hà Nội
See:Hà Nội
Appointed:22 April 2010 (as Coadjutor)
Enthroned:13 May 2010
Ended:17 November 2018
Predecessor:Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt
Successor:Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên
Ordination:21 December 1967
Ordained By:Simon Hòa Nguyễn Văn Hiền
Consecration:3 December 1991
Cardinal:14 February 2015
Created Cardinal By:Pope Francis
Other Post:Cardinal Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo (2015-)
Birth Date:1938 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng
Nationality:Vietnamese
Motto:Latin: Illum oportet crescere
(He must increase), 3:30
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn.svg
Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle: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.[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.

See also

References

Additional sourcesNews: Il nuovo cardinale vietnamita e la "via della pazienza" . La Stampa . it . 8 January 2015 . Gianni . Valiente . 17 November 2018 .

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Notes and References

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