Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình

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His Excellency Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình
Archbishop of Hồ Chi Minh City
Native name	Phaolô Nguyễn Văn Bình
Province	Hồ Chi Minh City
See	Hồ Chi Minh City
Appointed	24 November 1960
Installed	2 April 1961
Term ended	1 July 1995
Successor	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn
Previous post(s)	Vicar Apostolic of Cần Thơ (1955-1960)
Orders
Ordination	27 March 1937
Consecration	30 November 1955 by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục
Personal details
Born	(1910-09-01)September 1, 1910 Sài Gòn, French Indochina
Died	July 1, 1995(1995-07-01) (aged 84) Ho Chi Minh City, Việt Nam
Buried	Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Sài Gòn
Nationality	Vietnamese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Trượng Agnes Nguyễn Thị Luông
Alma mater	Minor Seminary, Saigon (1922 – 1932) Pontifical Urban University, Rome (1932 – 1937)
Motto	Euntes docete (Hãy đi rao giảng) (Go and preach)
Coat of arms

Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình (September 1, 1910 – July 1, 1995) was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first Archbishop of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) from 1960 until his death in 1995.^[1]

Paul Bình was born on September 1, 1910, in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1922, he started to study at Sai Gon minor seminary. He was sent to Rome in 1932 to further his studies by Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, who was Vicar Apostolic of Saigon. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1937, at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. In 1943, he started teaching at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon and was appointed as pastor of Cầu Đất parish in Da Lat in 1948.

On September 20, 1955, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Can Tho by Pope Pius XII and was consecrated by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục, Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long on November 30 the same year at the Notre-Dame Saigon Cathedral.

He was named the first Archbishop of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) on November 24, 1960, by Pope John XXIII.

On July 1, 1995, he died at the age of 84 and was buried at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City.^[2]

• Catholic Church in Vietnam

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình ^{[self-published]}