Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (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 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. On 13 May 2010, he succeeded Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt as Archbishop of Hanoi.
On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that Nguyễn 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
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