| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific-Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn | |
| Native Name: | Giuse Maria Trịnh Văn Căn |
| Native Name Lang: | vi |
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội | |
| Province: | Hà Nội |
| See: | Hà Nội |
| Appointed: | 5 February 1963 (as Coadjutor) |
| Enthroned: | 27 November 1978 |
| Term End: | 18 May 1990 |
| Predecessor: | Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê |
| Successor: | Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng |
| Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1979–1990) |
| Ordination: | 3 December 1949 |
| Consecration: | 2 June 1963 |
| Consecrated By: | Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê |
| Cardinal: | 30 June 1979 |
| Created Cardinal By: | John Paul II |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1921 |
| Birth Place: | But Dong village, French Indochina (present-day Hà Nam Province, Vietnam) |
| Death Place: | Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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| Previous Post: | Titular Archbishop of Aela & Coadjutor Archbishop of Hanoi (1963-1978) |
| Motto: | Caritas gaudiam pax longanimitas (Love, joy, peace, hope) |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn.svg |
| Cardinal Name: | Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn |
| Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
| Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (19 March 1921 - 18 May 1990[1] [2]) was a Vietnamese cardinal[3] of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Hanoi from 1978 until his death. He became a cardinal in 1979, ordained by Pope John Paul II.[4] [5]
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 Archbishop of Hanoi in 1978, after the death of Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê. He died on May 18, 1990, after a heart attack.[6] Successor by Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng.