Phạm Minh Mẫn


Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Hồ Chí Minh City
Native name
Gioan Baotixita Phạm Minh Mẫn
ChurchCatholic
ProvinceSài Gòn
SeeHồ Chí Minh City
Appointed1 March 1998
Installed2 April 1998
Term ended22 March 2014
PredecessorPaul Nguyễn Văn Bình
SuccessorPaul Bùi Văn Đọc
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Giustino (2003 - )
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination25 May 1965
by Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang
Consecration11 August 1993
by Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận
Created cardinal21 October 2003
by John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Phạm Minh Mẫn

(1934-03-05) 5 March 1934
NationalityVietnamese
DenominationCatholic
Alma materLoyola University of Los Angeles
MottoSicut Dilexi
(As I have loved)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Phạm Minh Mẫn
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang
Date25 May 1965
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorEmmanuel Lê Phong Thuận
Co-consecratorsFrançois Xavier Nguyễn Quang Sách
Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến
Date11 August 1993
PlaceSaint Quý Major Seminary of Cần Thơ
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope John Paul II
Date21 October 2003
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Phạm Minh Mẫn as principal consecrator
Paul Bùi Văn Đọc20 May 1999
Joseph Vũ Duy Thống17 August 2001
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm15 November 2008
Styles of
Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeHo Chi Minh City (emeritus)

Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn (Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixita Phạm Minh Mẫn) (born 5 March 1934) is a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church and was the Archbishop of Hồ Chi Minh City from March 1998 to March 2014.