Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên

Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên (born 26 October 1960) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church.

[3] He entered the Major Seminary of Saint Joseph in Hanoi in 1982 and completed his work in philosophy and theology there.

[2] Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Hai Phòng on 26 November 2002[2] and he received his episcopal consecration on 2 January 2003 from Cardinal Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Archbishop of Hanoi.

[3] In November 2017, Thien presided at a ceremony initiating construction of a church to replace a historic shrine dedicated to local martyrs that was destroyed in a U.S. air raid in 1967.

[4] On 17 November 2018, Pope Francis named him to succeed Cardinal Pierre Nguyên Văn Nhon as Archbishop of Hà Nội.