Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 1953) is a Vietnamese prelate of the

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who has been a bishop since 2009 and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City since October 2019. Since 2022, he has been appointed president of the

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Biography

Joseph Nguyễn Năng was born on 24 November 1953 in Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình Province. In 1954, he and his entire family moved to the South. He studied at the minor seminary of Saigon from 1962 to 1970 and at the major seminary of Saint Pius X in Dalat from 1975 to 1978. While a seminarian, he served at the Diocesan Institute Petit Apôtre in Bach Lam, Thong Nhat, Dong Nai from 1977 to 1988 and at the Thuận Hòa parish, Biên Hòa from 1988 to 1990. He was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of Xuân Lộc on 9 June 1990.

Priestly service

Following his ordination, he was Pastor and Dean of the Thuận Hòa parish from 1990 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he studied at the

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(Urbaniana) in Rome, earning a degree in dogmatic theology. From 2002 to 2008 he was Rector of the Major Seminary of Xuân Lộc.

Episcopate

On 25 July 2009,

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appointed him Bishop of Phát Diệm, the diocese where he was born. His episcopal consecration was held at the Cathedral of Phát Diệm on 8 September 2009. On 19 October 2019,

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appointed him Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City.

References

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