Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hà Nôi, Vietnam

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.11.17 – ...):	Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên (64) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.10.26 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Vũ Công Viện (51) Titular Bishop of Zama maior

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Hà Nôi (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên (64)
(2018.11.17 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam

Phục vụ trong niềm vui và hy vọng / Servientes in gaudium et spes

Born:	1960.10.26 (Ke Sat, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1988.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.01.02

Priest of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) (1988.01.24 – 2002.11.26)

Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) (2002.11.26 – 2018.11.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Hai Phòng (Vietnam) (2018.11.17 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2018.11.17 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2022.10.07 – ...)

Cardinal Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (86)
(2010.05.13 – 2018.11.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:	1938.04.01 (Ðà Lạt, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.12.03
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14

Priest of Đà Lat (Vietnam) (1967.12.21 – 1991.10.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam) (1991.10.11 – 1994.03.23)

Bishop of Đà Lat (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2010.04.22)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (2007 – 2013)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2010.04.22 – 2010.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2010.05.13 – 2018.11.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso Apostolo (2015.02.14 [2015.12.06] – ...)

Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (72)
(2005.02.19 – 2010.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Chạnh lòng thương

Born:	1952.09.04 (My Són, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.06.29

Priest of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1991.05.31 – 1999.06.03)

Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1999.06.03 – 2005.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2003.04.15 – 2005.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (2005.02.19 – 2010.05.13)

Bishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt (72) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2003.04.15 – 2005.02.19)

Cardinal Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng
(1994.03.23 – 2005.02.19)

Yeu chua chung con tin o tinh

Born:	1919.06.15 (Quang Nap, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2009.02.22 (Hà Nôi, Vietnam † 89)

Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1949.06.06 – 1963.04.05)

Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam) (1963.04.05 – 1994.03.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1990.06.18 – 1994.03.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1994.03.23 – 2005.02.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1994.11.26 – 2009.02.22)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (1995 – 2001)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1998.03.01 – 1998.09.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam) (1998.09.02 – 1999.06.03)

Bishop Paul-Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1990.06.18 – 1994.03.23)

Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
(1978.11.27 – 1990.05.18)

Caritas gaudium pax

Born:	1921.03.19 (Trac But, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.06.02
Created Cardinal:	1979.06.30
Died:	1990.05.18 (Hà Nôi, Vietnam † 69)

Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1949.12.08 – 1963.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Æla (1963.02.05 – 1978.11.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1963.02.05 – 1978.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1978.11.27 – 1990.05.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1979.06.30 – 1990.05.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (1980 – 1990)

Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
(1960.11.24 – 1978.11.27)

Sequere me

Born:	1898.12.11 (Trang-Duê, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1933.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1976.05.24
Died:	1978.11.27 (Hà Nôi, Vietnam † 79)

Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1933.04.01 – 1950.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Synaus (1950.04.18 – 1960.11.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1950.04.18 – 1960.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1960.11.24 – 1978.11.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti pro hac vice Title (1976.05.24 – 1978.11.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (later Cardinal)
(1950.04.18 – 1960.11.24)

(see above)

Bishop François Chaize, M.E.P.
(1935.02.07 – 1949.02.22)

Born:	1882.03.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1905.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.11.22
Died:	1949.02.22 († 66)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1925.05.12 – 1935.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Alabanda (1925.05.12 – 1949.02.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1935.02.07 – 1949.02.22)

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau, M.E.P.
(1924.12.03 – 1935.02.07)

Born:	1850.11.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.10.16
Died:	1935.02.07 († 84)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1887.04.26 – 1892.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia (1887.04.26 – 1935.02.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1892.04.25 – 1924.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1924.12.03 – 1935.02.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Western Tonking (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau, M.E.P.
(1892.04.25 – 1924.12.03)

(see above)

Bishop Paul-François Puginier, M.E.P.
(1868.11.03 – 1892.04.25)

Born:	1835.07.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1858.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.01.26
Died:	1892.04.25 († 56)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1866.06.07 – 1868.11.03)

Titular Bishop of Mauricastrum (1866.06.07 – 1892.04.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1868.11.03 – 1892.04.25)

Bishop Joseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P.
(1866.07.24 – 1868.11.03)

Born:	1829.10.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1852.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.03.06
Died:	1868.11.03 († 39)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1859 – 1866.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Achantus (1859 – 1868.11.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1866.07.24 – 1868.11.03)

Bishop Charles-Hubert Jeantet, M.E.P.
(1858.10.22 – 1866.07.24)

Born:	1792.11.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1818.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.01.31
Died:	1866.07.24 († 73)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1846.03.27 – 1858.10.22)

Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1846.03.27 – 1866.07.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1858.10.22 – 1866.07.24)

Bishop Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P.
(1839.11.24 – 1858.10.22)

Born:	1803.05.19 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1828.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.05.31
Died:	1858.10.22 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Achantus (1839.11.24 – 1858.10.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1839.11.24 – 1858.10.22)

Saint Fr. Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie, M.E.P.
(1838.07.05 – 1838.11.24 not possessed)

Born:	1808.02.20 (Beynat, Corrèze, France)
Ordained Priest:	1830.11.21
Died:	1838.11.24 🩸 (Ðồng Hới, Quảng Bình, Vietnam † 30)
Beatified:	1900.05.27
Canonised:	1988.06.19
Feast:	11.24

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1832.07.31 – 1838.07.05 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Achantus (1836.01.30 – 1838.11.24 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1838.07.05 – 1838.11.24 not possessed)

Priest of Paris Foreign Missions Society. Martyr.

Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P.
(1831.02.08 – 1838.07.05)

Born:	1790.11.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1821.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.09.21
Died:	1838.07.05 († 47)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1828.03.21 – 1831.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Castoria (1828.03.21 – 1838.07.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1831.02.08 – 1838.07.05)

Bishop Jacques-Benjamin Longer, M.E.P.
(1789.08.17 – 1831.02.08)

Born:	1752.05.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1775.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1792.09.30
Died:	1831.02.08 († 78)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1787.04.03 – 1789.08.17)

Titular Bishop of Gortyna (1787.04.03 – 1831.02.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1789.08.17 – 1831.02.08)

Bishop Jean Davoust, M.E.P.
(1780.07.18 – 1789.08.17)

Born:	1728.10.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1753.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1771.10.06
Died:	1789.08.17 († 60)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1771.09.24 – 1780.07.18)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1771.09.24 – 1789.08.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1780.07.18 – 1789.08.17)

Bishop Bertrand Reydellet, M.E.P.
(1764.10.19 – 1780.07.27)

Born:	1722 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1748.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1765.12.15
Died:	1780.07.27 († 57)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1762.07.27 – 1764.10.19)

Titular Bishop of Gabala (1762.07.27 – 1780.07.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1764.10.19 – 1780.07.27)

Bishop Louis Néez, M.E.P.
(1738.10.08 – 1764.10.19)

Born:	1680.02.11 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1739.11.22
Died:	1764.10.19 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Comanæ (1738.10.08 – 1764.10.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1738.10.08 – 1764.10.19)

Bishop François-Gabriel Guisain, M.E.P.
(1718.10.03 – 1723.11.17)

Born:	1665.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1693.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1721.05.04
Died:	1723.11.17 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Laranda (1718.10.03 – 1723.11.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1718.10.03 – 1723.11.17)

Bishop Edme Bélot, M.E.P.
(1714.08.09 – 1717.01.02)

Born:	1651.05.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1678.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1702.01.08
Died:	1717.01.02 († 65)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1696.10.20 – 1714.08.09)

Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis (1696.10.20 – 1717.01.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1714.08.09 – 1717.01.02)

Bishop Jacques de Bourges, M.E.P.
(1679.11.25 – 1714.08.09)

Born:	1634 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1682.05.17
Died:	1714.08.09 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Auzia (1679.11.25 – 1714.08.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1679.11.25 – 1714.08.09)

Bishop François Pallu (陸方濟), M.E.P.
(1659.09.09 – 1679)

Born:	1626.08.31 (Tours, France)
Ordained Priest:	1650
Consecrated Bishop:	1658.11.17
Died:	1684.10.29 (江蘇, China † 58)

Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica (1658.07.29 – 1684.10.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonking (Vietnam) (1659.09.09 – 1679)

Founder of Paris Foreign Missions Society (1660)

Vicar Apostolic of Fujian 福建 (China) (1680.04.15 – 1684.10.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (later Cardinal) (1963.02.05 – 1978.11.27)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (86) (later Cardinal) (2010.04.22 – 2010.05.13)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop François Chaize, M.E.P. (1925.05.12 – 1935.02.07)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis-Marie-Henri-Joseph Bigolet, M.E.P. (1911.06.27 – 1923.05.23)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Marcou, M.E.P. (1895.04.18 – 1901.04.16)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau, M.E.P. (1887.04.26 – 1892.04.25)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Paul-François Puginier, M.E.P. (1866.06.07 – 1868.11.03)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph-Simon Theurel, M.E.P. (1859 – 1866.07.24)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Charles-Hubert Jeantet, M.E.P. (1846.03.27 – 1858.10.22)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Denis Gauthier, M.E.P. (1839.11.10 – 1846.03.27)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Saint Fr. Pierre-Rose-Ursule Dumoulin-Borie, M.E.P. (1832.07.31 – 1838.07.05)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P. (1828.03.21 – 1831.02.08)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-François Ollivier, M.E.P. (1824.04.06 – 1827.05.27)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. (1816.05.23 – 1823.06.18)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Charles Lamothe, M.E.P. (1793.02.05 – 1816.05.22)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop-elect Jacques-Benjamin Longer, M.E.P. (1787.04.03 – 1789.08.17)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean Davoust, M.E.P. (1771.09.24 – 1780.07.18)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop-elect Bertrand Reydellet, M.E.P. (1762.07.27 – 1764.10.19)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Edmond Bennetat, M.E.P. (1758.07.16 – 1761.05.22)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Louis-Marie Deveaux, M.E.P. (1745.02.15 – 1756.01.01)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Edme Bélot, M.E.P. (1696.10.20 – 1714.08.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurent Chu Văn Minh (80) (2008.10.15 – 2019.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Lê Ðắc Trọng (1994.03.23 – 2006.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang (1981.03.24 – 1990.12.03)