Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình
Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình was a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first Archbishop of Saigon from 1960 until his death in 1995.Biography
Paul Bình was born on September 1, 1910 in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1922, he started to study at Sai Gon minor seminary. He was sent to Rome in 1932 to further his studies by Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, who was Vicar Apostolic of Saigon. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1937 at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. In 1943, he started teaching at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon and was appointed as pastor of Cầu Đất parish in Da Lat in 1948.
On September 20, 1955, he was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of My Tho by Pope Pius XII and was consecrated by Pierre-Martin Ngô Đình Thục, Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long on November 30 the same year at the Notre-Dame Saigon Cathedral.
He was named the first Archbishop of Saigon on November 24, 1960 by Pope John XXIII.
On July 1, 1995, he died at the age of 84 and was buried at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City.
