Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê

His Eminence

Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội
ProvinceHà Nội
SeeHà Nội
Appointed18 April 1950 (as Apostolic Vicar)
Installed15 August 1950
Term ended27 November 1978
PredecessorFrançois Chaize MEP
SuccessorJoseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti (1976–1978)
Previous post(s)
  • Titular Bishop of Synaus (1950–1960)
  • Apostolic Vicar of Hà Nội (1950–1960)
Orders
Ordination1 April 1933
by Pierre-Jean-Marie Gendreau MEP
Consecration15 August 1950
by Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ O.Cist, Francisco Gómez de Santiago OP, Pierre-Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi
Created cardinal24 May 1976
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born(1898-12-11)11 December 1898
Tràng Duệ, Hà Nam, Tonkin
Died27 November 1978(1978-11-27) (aged 79)
Hanoi, Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
MottoSequere Me
(Follow Me)
Coat of arms

Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê (11 December 1898 27 November 1978) was the first Vietnamese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Hanoi from 1960 until his death, having previously served as its apostolic vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976.