Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình

His Excellency
Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình
Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City
See Ho Chi Minh City
Appointed 24 November 1960
Term ended 1 July 1995
Successor Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Orders
Ordination 27 March 1937
Consecration 30 November 1955
by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục
Personal details
Born (1910-09-01)1 September 1910
Saigon
Died 1 July 1995(1995-07-01) (aged 84)
Ho Chi Minh City
Buried Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City
Nationality Vietnamese
Previous post Vicar Apostolic of Cần Thơ (1955-1960)
Motto Euntes Docete (Vietnamese: Hãy Đi Rao Giảng)
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Bình.

Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first Archbishop of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) from 1960 until his death in 1995.[1]

Biography

Paul Bình was born on September 1, 1910 in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1922, he started to study at Sai Gon minor seminary. He was sent to Rome in 1932 to further his studies by Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, who was Vicar Apostolic of Saigon. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1937 at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. In 1943, he started teaching at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon and was appointed as pastor of Cầu Đất parish in Da Lat in 1948.

On September 20, 1955, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of My Tho by Pope Pius XII and was consecrated by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục, Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long on November 30 the same year at the Notre-Dame Saigon Cathedral.

He was named the first Archbishop of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII.

On July 1, 1995, he died at the age of 84 and was buried at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City.[2]

References

  1. "Obituary: Archbishop Paul Nguyen Van Binh". The Independent. Retrieved 11 Dec 2015.
  2. "Paul Nguyen Van Binh, 84, Catholic Archbishop in Vietnam". New York Times. Retrieved 11 Dec 2015.
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