Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh

Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh (born 22 November 1949) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as the fifth Archbishop of Huế from 2016 to 2025. He previously served as Bishop of Thanh Hóa from 2004 to 2016 and as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam from 2016 to 2022.

Biography Nguyễn Chí Linh was born in Ba Làng Parish, Hải Thanh, Tĩnh Gia, Thanh Hóa in what was then French Indochina, on 22 November 1949, and Martha Nguyễn Thị Thanh. The two, who were both from multigenerational Catholic families, were married in 1937 and had 4 sons and 6 daughters. While very young, he fled with his family, their fellow villagers, and most of the Christians of the region, who fled the area and reestablished Christian communities in the southern part of the country. He received his episcopal consecration on 4 August of that year He was twice elected to a three-year term as vice-president of the Conference, serving from 2007 to 2013. The conference also elected him one of its two delegates to the 2008 Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church. He was also Apostolic Administrator of Phát Diêm from 2007 to 2009.

On 29 October 2016, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Huế and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Thanh Hoa. He took possession of the Archdiocese on 12 January 2017. His responsibilities in Thanh Hóa ended with the installation of a bishop there in June 2018.

Linh was elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam on 5 October 2016, shortly before his transfer to Hue. In that role he has led the nation's bishops in warning against the use of "quasi-magical" practices in liturgies, notably healing services associated with charismatic devotions.