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In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop (sometimes also styled as major archeparch) is a title for the chief hierarch ("Father and Head") [1] ...
Joseph Nguyễn Năng was born on 24 November 1953 in Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình Province. [1] In 1954, he and his entire family moved to the South. [2] He studied at the minor seminary of Saigon from 1962 to 1970 and at the major seminary of Saint Pius X in Dalat from 1975 to 1978.
The early Catholic missions in Vietnam achieved modest success among local populations. Only after the arrival of Jesuits in the first decades of the 17th century did Christianity began to gain converts within the local populations in both domains of Đàng Ngoài and Đàng Trong (Cochinchina). [3]
Initially created in 1960s for South Vietnam, and officially re-founded in 1980 after the reunification of Vietnam, the CBCV is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops) in Vietnam. The current president of CBCV is Joseph Nguyễn Năng, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City.
The Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam comprises solely a Latin rite hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, comprising three metropolitan archdioceses and 24 suffragan dioceses. There are no Eastern Catholic, (missionary) pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.
The bishop or eparch of a see, even if he does not also hold a title such as archbishop, metropolitan, major archbishop, patriarch or pope, is the centre of unity for his diocese or eparchy, and, as a member of the College of Bishops, shares in responsibility for governance of the whole church (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 886).
In November 2003 he returned to his home diocese in Vietnam and taught as a professor at the Seminary of Nha Trang. [1] On 12 June 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Thanh Hóa. [1] [2] He received his episcopal consecration on 4 August of that year [3] from Paul Nguyễn Văn Hòa, Bishop of Nha Trang.
The four major archiepiscopal churches in the Catholic Church are: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) (Byzantine Rite) - Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Many in this Church claim patriarchal dignity for it, but the Holy See recognizes it only as a major archepiscopal Church.) [1]