Jean-Baptiste (Gioan Baotixita) Cardinal Phạm Minh Mẫn †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

Cardinal-Priest of San Giustino

Motto: Sicut Dilexi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1934		Born
25 May 1965	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
22 Mar 1993	59.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
11 Aug 1993	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
1 Mar 1998	63.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
21 Oct 2003	69.6	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	69.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giustino
23 Nov 2003	69.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giustino
22 Mar 2014	80.0	Retired	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
22 Mar 2026	92.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

MicroData Summary
Jean-Baptiste (Gioan Baotixita) Phạm Minh Mẫn
Jean-Baptiste (Gioan Baotixita) Cardinal Phạm Minh Mẫn
(born 5 Mar 1934, died 22 Mar 2026)
Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - July 2009: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Ca Mau, Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Cần Thơ, Diocese of Cần Thơ
Ordained Bishop Grand, Seminary, Cần Thơ, Diocese of Cần Thơ
Death Place Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh, Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 32.6 years
a cardinal for 22.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang †
Bishop of Cần Thơ
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận †
Bishop of Cần Thơ
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách †
Bishop of Ðà Nẵng
Bishop Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến †
Coadjutor Bishop of Bắc Ninh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận † (1975)
Bishop of Cần Thơ
Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang † (1965)
Bishop of Cần Thơ
Archbishop Angelo Palmas † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Vibiana
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joseph Bùi Công Trác (1999)
Bishop Joseph Đỗ Quang Khang (1999)
Bishop Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðọc † (1999)
Bishop Joseph Vũ Duy Thống † (2001)
Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ca Mau, Vicariate Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Cần Thơ, Diocese of Cần Thơ
Ordained Bishop	Grand, Seminary, Cần Thơ, Diocese of Cần Thơ
Death Place	Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh, Archdiocese of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville)

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WikiData: Q451101

Source(s):

bd: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,295
bd/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 202, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2014
d: CB, 22 Mar 2026

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