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Nguyễn Văn Thuận
Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Thuận.
Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (pronounced[ŋʷjə̌ˀnvantʰwə̂ˀn]ⓘ; 17 April 1928 – 16 September 2002), was a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church.
He was a nephew of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.[1][2][3]
Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 4 May 2017, a significant step on the road towards canonization.[4]
Early life
Thuận was born in Huế in 1928, the son of Nguyễn Văn Ấm and Elizabeth Ngô Đình Thị Hiệp, daughter of Ngô Đình Khả.[5] He joined the seminary at An Ninh as a teenager, and was ordained a priest on 11 June 1953, by Monsignor Jean-Baptiste Urrutia.[5] After three years of further studies
