Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung

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Paul Joseph Cardinal Pham Dinh Tung (June 15, 1919) was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1949 and named Bishop of Mac Ninh in 1963, in 1994, he was appointed Archbishop of Hanoi.

Since nearly the very beginning of his life as a religious, he has been under house arrest, unable to carry out his duties to the nearly 100 parishes under his jurisdiction.

He began to compile in luc bat the entire life of Jesus, the Gospels, Christian doctrine, and the commandments of God and the Church. He was created a Cardinal by John Paul II during the Consistory of November 26, 1994.