Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (19 March 1921 – 18 May 1990) was a Vietnamese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Hanoi from 1978 until his death. He was created a cardinal in 1979 by Pope John Paul II.A history of the Vietnamese Catholic Church Retrieved 15/02/2019.
Căn was born in Ha Nam. In 1949, he was ordained a priest. In 1963, Pope John XXIII appointed him to be a Titular Archbishop of Aela and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hanoi. Căn became Archbishop of Hanoi in 1978, after the death of Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê, and died on May 18, 1990, after a heart attack, and was succeeded by Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng.
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External links Vietnam Law Newspaper, (Vietnamese language) Câu chuyện ít biết về bức tranh "Đức mẹ Việt Nam" được trưng bày ở thành Rome Retrieved 15/02/2019.