Joseph Nguyễn Năng

Joseph Nguyễn Năng (born 24 November 1953) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who has been a bishop since 2009 and serving as Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City since 2019. He has been president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam since October 2022.

Biography Nguyễn Năng was born on 24 November 1953 in Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình Province. 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. While a seminarian, he served at the Diocesan Institute Petit Apôtre in Bach Lam, Thong Nhat, Dong Nai from 1977 to 1988 and at the Thuận Hòa parish, Biên Hòa from 1988 to 1990. He was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of Xuân Lộc on 9 June 1990. the diocese where he was born. His episcopal consecration was held at the Cathedral of Phát Diệm on 8 September 2009.

On 19 October 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Hồ Chí Minh City.