Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn ( vi, Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Nhơn; born 1 April 1938) is a

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prelate of the

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who served as Archbishop of the

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from May 2010 to November 2018. A cardinal since February 2015, he was Bishop of the

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from 1994 to 2010, and the President of the

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from 2007 to 2013.

Biography

Nhơn was born in 1938 in Lâm Đồng,

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. He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1967. On 11 October 1991, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the

. 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

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. On 13 May 2010, he succeeded Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt as Archbishop of Hanoi. On 4 January 2015,

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announced that Nhơn would be created

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on 14 February. At that ceremony, he was assigned the

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. In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the

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and of the

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. Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Hanoi on 17 November 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Pierre Van Nhon 1938 births Living people Vietnamese cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Francis 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Vietnam 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Vietnam Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples People from Da Lat Vietnamese Roman Catholic archbishops

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