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A. Ordinary of Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese
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 Cardinal Archbishop Jean Baptiste Pham Minh Man was born on March 5, 1934 at Hoa Thanh village in the southernmost Ca Mau province. He studied at a local minor seminary in 1944-1946 and another minor seminary in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) in 1946-1954. He studied philosophy at Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) from 1954-1956 before he taught at a school in the southern Bac Lieu province until 1961. Then he returned to study theology at the major seminary from 1961-1965 and was ordained a priest for Can Tho diocese on May 25 that year. He taught at a local minor seminary until 1968, when he was sent to study administration and education at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the U.S.. After having returned to Vietnam in 1971, he taught at local seminaries and served as rector of Saint Quy Major Seminary based in Can Tho city from 1988 to 1993. He was ordained coadjutor bishop of the neighboring My Tho diocese on Aug. 11, 1993. Five years later, Bishop Man became Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City on April 2, 1998. Pope John Paul II elevated him to the rank of cardinal on Oct. 21, 2003.
Cardinal Man serves as head of the Episcopal Commission for Migrant Workers of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference.
In addition to his native language, he speaks French and English well.
Address: Archbishop's Residence
180 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Ward 6,
District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phone: +84 08 3930 0368 - 3930 3828
Fax: +84 08 3930 0598
Email: tgmsaigon@vnn.vn
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 Auxiliary Bishop:Bishop Peter Nguyen Van Kham was born on Oct. 2, 1952 in Ha Dong, northern Vietnam. He and his family fled south in the 1954 exodus after northern communists defeated colonial French forces. He studied at seminaries in Can Tho, Long Xuyen and Ho Chi Minh City from 1963 to 1979 before he was ordained a priest for Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese on Aug. 30, 1980. Father Kham served as assistant priest at three local parishes and taught at Saint Joseph Major Seminary based in Ho Chi Minh City until 1999. He furthered his studies 2000-2004 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and earned a doctorate in pastoral theology. After returning to Vietnam, he served as director of the archdiocesan Pastoral Center, secretary general of the Episcopal Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith and secretary of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop on Oct. 15, 2008. His episcopal ordination was on Nov. 15 that year.
He serves as deputy secretary general of the Vietnam Bishops' Conference and head of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communication.
In addition to his native language, Bishop Kham speaks French and English.
Address: Pastoral Center
6bis Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward,
District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phone: +84 08 3910 5694
Email: peternguyen1952@yahoo.com
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