Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân
| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân | |
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| Archbishop of Huế | |
| Official portrait, 2024
Official portrait, 2024
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| Native name | Giuse Ðặng Ðức Ngân |
| Archdiocese | Huế |
| Province | Huế |
| Appointed | 21 September 2023 (as Coadjutor) |
| Installed | 24 May 2025 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh |
| Other post | Apostolic Administrator of Đà Nẵng (2023–) |
| Previous posts | Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế (2023–2025) Bishop of Đà Nẵng (2016–2023) Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng (2007–2016) Vicar General, Archdiocese of Hà Nội (2005–2007) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1987 by Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn |
| Consecration | 3 December 2007 by Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt, Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên, and Stephanus Tri Bửu Thiên |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1957 Hà Nội, Democratic Republic of Việt Nam |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Urban University |
| Motto | Ad gentes (To the nations) (Đến với muôn dân) |
| Styles | |
| Reference style | His Excellency The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân (born 16 June 1957) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate serving as the sixth Archbishop of Huế since 2025. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Hà Nội in 1987 and was vicar general of the archdiocese from 2005. In 2007, he was made Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng until in 2016, he was made Bishop of Đà Nẵng. He also served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế from 2023 to 2025.
Priesthood
He was ordained in 1987 for the Archdiocese of Hanoi 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.
Episcopal career
Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
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]
Bishop of Đà Nẵng
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 by Pope Francis. This is the first time that two bishops have switched dioceses in the history of the Catholic Church in Việt Nam.[4]
Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế
On 21 September 2023, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, having the right to succeed Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh and to aid Linh in his ministry.[1][5]
Archbishop of Huế
On 24 May 2025, Ngân became the sixth Archbishop of Huế after Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh. He also received the pallium at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony started by Pope John Paul II that has not been seen in a decade.[6][7]
References
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- Back to citation "Tiểu sử Đức Cha Giuse Đặng Đức Ngân - Giám mục Lạng Sơn Cao Bằng". GIÁO PHẬN LẠNG SƠN - CAO BẰNG. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- Back to citation "Archbishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- Back to citation Lê, Vinh. "PHỎNG VẤN Đức Cha Giuse Đặng Đức Ngân, Tân Giám mục Giáo phận Đà Nẵng". VietCatholic News. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- Back to citation Nguyễn, Archbishop Linh. "THƯ NGỎ GỬI CỘNG ĐOÀN DÂN CHÚA TỔNG GIÁO PHẬN HUẾ". HỘI ĐỒNG GIÁM MỤC VIỆT NAM. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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- Back to citation Glatz, Carol. "Pope Leo XIV calls new archbishops to model 'unity in diversity' for a divided world". America Magazine. Retrieved 22 July 2025.