Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng

His Eminence

Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng
His Eminence; Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng
Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội
	Cardinal Tụng in a painting as Bishop of Bắc Ninh
Native name	Phaolô Giuse Phạm Đình Tụng
Church	Catholic
Province	Hà Nội
See	Hà Nội
Appointed	23 March 1994
Installed	14 August 1994
Term ended	19 February 2005
Predecessor	Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
Successor	Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria "Regina Pacis" in Ostia mare (1994-2009)
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng (1998-1999); Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng (1998); Apostolic Administrator of Hưng Hóa (1994-2003); Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nội (1990-1994); Bishop of Bắc Ninh (1963-1994);
Orders
Ordination	6 June 1949; by Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ O.Cist
Consecration	15 August 1963; by Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
Created cardinal	26 November 1994; by John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	15 June 1919; Hòa Bình, Vietnam
Died	22 February 2009 (aged 89)
Nationality	Vietnamese
Motto	Credidimus caritati; (We believe in the love of God)
Coat of arms

Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng (15 June 1919 – 22 February 2009) (Vietnamese: Phao-lô Giu-se Phạm Đình Tụng) was a Vietnamese cardinal.^[1]

Ecclesiastical career

He was ordained to the priesthood on 6 June 1949. He was pastor of Hàm Long Parish, in Hanoi, North Vietnam, from 1950 to 1955. Afterwards he served as Superior of St. John Minor Seminary, in Hanoi, from 1955 to 1963. The Seminary was closed by the State authority in 1960 and never opened again. He was created bishop of Bac Ninh in 1963.^[2] He was appointed archbishop of Hanoi in 13 April 1994^[3] and elevated to Cardinal in November 1994. He retired as archbishop of Hanoi in 2005 and was succeeded by Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiêt.^[4]

Since nearly the very beginning of his religious life, he was 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-Priest of Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia Mare by John Paul II during the Consistory of 26 November 1994.^[1] He resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese on 19 February 2005. He died on 22 February 2009 at the age of 89.^[5] He was succeeded by Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt.