Nguyễn Văn Thuận
Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận | |
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| President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | |
Thuận in 2001–02 | |
| Native name | Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận |
| Church | Catholic |
| Appointed | 24 June 1998 |
| Term ended | 16 September 2002 |
| Predecessor | Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray |
| Successor | Renato Raffaele Martino |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala (2001–2002) |
| Previous post(s) | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 11 June 1953 by Jean-Baptiste Urrutia MEP |
| Consecration | 24 June 1967 by Angelo Palmas |
| Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 April 1928 |
| Died | 16 September 2002 (aged 74) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Santa Maria della Scala, Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Motto | Gaudium et spes (Joy and hope) |
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Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (pronounced [ŋʷjə̌ˀn van tʰwə̂ˀn] ⓘ; 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. Thuận, targeted for his faith as well as his family connections to Ngô Đình Diệm, was detained by the communist government of Vietnam in a re-education camp for 13 years, nine in solitary confinement.
Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 4 May 2017, a significant step on the road towards canonization.