Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình (September 1, 1910 – July 1, 1995) was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Sài Gòn – Hồ Chí Minh City from 1960 until his death in 1995.
Biography Nguyễn Văn Bình was born on September 1, 1910, in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1922, he started to study at Sai Gon minor seminary. He was sent to Rome in 1932 to further his studies by Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, who was Vicar Apostolic of Saigon. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1937, at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. In 1943, he started teaching at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon and was appointed as pastor of Cầu Đất parish in Da Lat in 1948.
On September 20, 1955, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Cần Thơ by Pope Pius XII and was consecrated by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục, Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long on November 30 of the same year at the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon.
He was named the first Archbishop of Saigon on November 24, 1960, by Pope John XXIII.
On July 1, 1995, he died at the age of 84 and was buried at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City.
See also Catholic Church in Vietnam
References
External links Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình