Pierre Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Nhơn

Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo

Motto: Illum Oportet Crescere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Apr 1938		Born
21 Dec 1967	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
11 Oct 1991	53.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
3 Dec 1991	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
23 Mar 1994	55.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
22 Apr 2010	72.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
13 May 2010	72.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
14 Feb 2015	76.8	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Feb 2015	76.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo
6 Dec 2015	77.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso Apostolo
17 Nov 2018	80.6	Retired	Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

MicroData Summary
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Pierre Cardinal Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
(born 1 Apr 1938)
Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội

Ad Limina - July 2009: Bishop
Consistory - 2015: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - March 2018: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Ðà Lạt, Diocese of Ðà Lạt
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Ðà Lạt, Diocese of Ðà Lạt

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Hà Nội.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền †
Bishop of Ðà Lạt
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bartholomé Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Ðà Lạt
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Hoà †
Bishop of Nha Trang
Bishop Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi †
Bishop of Phan Thiết

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bartholomé Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S. † (1975)
Bishop of Ðà Lạt
Archbishop Henri Lemaître † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Tongres
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J. (2008)
Bishop Matthieu Nguyễn Văn Khôi (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho † (1997)
Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc † (1999)
Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan † (2001)
Bishop Joseph Võ Ðức Minh (2005)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ðà Lạt, Diocese of Ðà Lạt
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Ðà Lạt, Diocese of Ðà Lạt

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q465435

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 22 Apr 2010
s: Bollettino, 13 May 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,649
c: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2015
ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2015
i: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2015
c1: CB, 14 Jun 2016
r: Bollettino, 17 Nov 2018

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