The following is the telegram of condolence sent by the Holy Father Leo XIV to Archbishop Joseph Nguyên Nãng of Ho Chi Minh City, on the death on Sunday 22 March 2026 of His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân, archbishop emeritus of Thàn-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Hôchiminh Ville, Viêt Nam:

Telegram of the Holy Father

THE MOST REVEREND JOSEPH NGUYÊN NÃNG

ARCHBISHOP OF HO CHI MINH CITY

HAVING LEARNED WITH SADNESS OF THE DEATH OF CARDINAL JOHN BAPTIST PHAM MINH MÂN, ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS OF HO CHI MINH CITY, PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES WHICH I EXTEND ALSO TO THE CLERGY, RELIGIOUS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE. JOINING YOU IN COMMENDING HIS NOBLE SOUL TO THE INFINITE MERCIES OF GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, I RECALL WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE THE LATE CARDINAL’S MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PRIESTLY AND EPISCOPAL MINISTRY TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES OF MY THO AND HO CHI MINH CITY, AS WELL AS HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WIDER CHURCH IN VIETNAM AND TO THE APOSTOLIC SEE. HIS MINISTRY WAS MARKED BY A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO PASTORAL CARE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE STEADFAST PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE AND ECCLESIAL UNITY, AND THE WITNESS OF A LIFE LIVED IN EVANGELICAL SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY. TO ALL WHO MOURN CARDINAL PHAM MINH MÂN’S PASSING IN THE SURE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, I CORDIALLY IMPART MY APOSTOLIC BLESSING AS A PLEDGE OF CONSOLATION AND PEACE IN THE LORD.

LEO PP. XIV