Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân
Native Name:Giuse Ðặng Ðức Ngân
Native Name Lang:vi
Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế
Archdiocese:Huế
Province:Huế
Appointed:21 September 2023
Other Post:Apostolic Administrator of Đà Nẵng (2023 -)
Ordination:8 December 1987
Ordained By:Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
Consecration:3 December 2007
Consecrated By:Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt, Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên, and Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên
Birth Date:16 June 1957
Birth Place:Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Nationality:Vietnamese
Alma Mater:Pontifical Urban University
Motto:Ad gentes
(To the nations)
(Đến với muôn dân)
Coat Of Arms:Huy hieu TGM Giuse Dang Duc Ngan.png

Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân (Vietnamese: Giuse Đặng Đức Ngân) is a Vietnamese prelate since 2007. He was ordained in 1987 for the Archdiocese of Hà Nội by Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn.[1] After learning in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University, he became the secretary to both Cardinals Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn and later Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng.[2] He was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese by Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt in 2005. On 12 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng and was consecrated bishop by Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt on 3 December of that same year at Saint Dominic Cathedral in Lạng Sơn.[3] On 12 March 2016, he was appointed Bishop of Đà Nẵng with Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri becoming Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng. This is the first time this has happened in the history of the Church in Việt Nam.[4] On 21 September 2023, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế having the right to succeed Archbishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh and to aid Linh in his ministry.[1] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Đào . Vũ . TÂN TỔNG GIÁM MỤC PHÓ TỔNG GIÁO PHẬN HUẾ . HỘI ĐỒNG GIÁM MỤC VIỆT NAM . 20 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Tiểu sử Đức Cha Giuse Đặng Đức Ngân - Giám mục Lạng Sơn Cao Bằng . GIÁO PHẬN LẠNG SƠN - CAO BẰNG . 20 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Archbishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân . Catholic Hierarchy . 20 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Lê . Vinh . PHỎNG VẤN Đức Cha Giuse Đặng Đức Ngân, Tân Giám mục Giáo phận Đà Nẵng . VietCatholic News . 20 June 2024.
  5. Web site: Nguyễn . Archbishop Linh . THƯ NGỎ GỬI CỘNG ĐOÀN DÂN CHÚA TỔNG GIÁO PHẬN HUẾ . HỘI ĐỒNG GIÁM MỤC VIỆT NAM . 20 June 2024.