Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (11 December 1898 – 27 November 1978) was the first

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ese

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of the

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. He served as Archbishop of Hanoi from 1960 until his death, having previously served as its

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, and was elevated to the

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in 1976.

Biography

Khuê was born in Tràng Duệ, Bình Lục,

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and

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to the priesthood on 1 April 1932. On 18 April 1950, he was appointed

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and

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of Synaus by

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. Khuê received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 August from Bishop Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ, OCist, with Bishops Francisco Gomez de Santiago, OP, and

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serving as

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, in the

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of Hanoi. He was later raised to the rank of a

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upon his vicariate's elevation to a

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on 24 November 1960. The archbishop was reserved as a

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'' by

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when the

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was announced on April 28, 1976, and was published and created

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of '' S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti'' at the consistory on 24 May of that same year.Die Apostolische Nachfolge
Retrieved 15/02/2019. Khue attended the consistory in the purple robes of a bishop, because he did not have time to get red ones. He was the first cardinal to hail from

, and was also the eldest of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of

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and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and

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respectively. Cardinal Khuê died in

, at the age of 79; he had been the ecclesiastical leader of Hanoi for twenty-eight years. He is buried in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi.

References

External links

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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