Installed 27 November 1978 Rank Cardinal-Priest Ordination 8 December 1949 | Term ended 18 May 1990 Nationality Vietnamese Consecration 2 June 1963 | |
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Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1979–1990) Created Cardinal 30 June 1979
by John Paul II Born March 19, 1921
But Dong village, Hà Nam Province, Vietnam ( 1921-03-19 ) Died 18 May 1990, Hanoi, Vietnam Successor Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng Predecessor Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi | ||
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (19 March 1921 - 18 May 1990 ) was a Vietnamese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Hanoi from 1978 until his death. He became a cardinal in 1979.
He was born in Ha Nam. In 1949, he was ordained a priest. At 1963, Pope John XXIII appointed him to be a Titular Archbishop of Aela and Coadjutor Archbishop of Hanoi. He became Archishop of Ha Noi in 1978, after the death of Cardinal Trinh Nhu Khue. He dead in May 18, 1990 after a heart attack.
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