Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung

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This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Phạm, but is often simplified as Pham in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Tung.

Paul Joseph Cardinal Pham Dinh Tung (born June 15, 1919) (Vietnamese Phao-lô Giu-se Phạm Đình Tụng) was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1949 and named Bishop of Bắc Ninh in 1963. He was appointed Archbishop of Hanoi in March 1994 and elevated to Cardinal in November 1994. He retired as Archbishop of Hanoi in 2005 and was succeeded by Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiêt.

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 lục bát 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.

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