Joseph Nguyễn Năng
Vietnamese Catholic prelate (born 1953)
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Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 24 November 1953) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate serving as the fourth Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City since 2019. He previously served as the third Bishop of Phát Diệm from 2009 to 2019. He has been president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam since October 2022.
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| Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Việt Nam | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Giuse Nguyễn Năng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Archdiocese | Hồ Chí Minh City | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Sài Gòn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | 19 October 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 11 December 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Paul Bùi Văn Đọc | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | 9 June 1990 by Paul-Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 8 September 2009 by Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh, Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 November 1953 Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình, Democratic Republic of Việt Nam | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religious style | Archbishop | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Nguyễn Năng was born on 24 November 1953 in Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình Province.[1] In 1954, he and his entire family moved to the South following the First Indochina War.[2] 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.[1]
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 Pontifical Urban University (Urbaniana) in Rome, earning a degree in dogmatic theology. From 2002 to 2008, he was Rector of the Major Seminary of Xuân Lộc.[1]
Episcopate
On 25 July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Phát Diệm,[1] the diocese where he was born. His episcopal consecration was held at the Cathedral of Phát Diệm on 8 September 2009.[3]
On 19 October 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City.[4][5]
