Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân (born 16 June 1957) is a Vietnamese Catholic prelate serving as the sixth Archbishop of Huế since 2025. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Hà Nội in 1987 and was vicar general of the archdiocese from 2005. In 2007, he was made Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng until in 2016, he was made Bishop of Đà Nẵng. He also served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế from 2023 to 2025.
Priesthood He was ordained in 1987 for the Archdiocese of Hanoi by Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn. After learning in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University, he became the secretary to both Cardinals Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn and later Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng. He was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese by Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt in 2005.
Episcopal career Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng On 12 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng and was consecrated bishop by Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt on 3 December of that same year at Saint Dominic Cathedral in Lạng Sơn.
Bishop of Đà Nẵng On 12 March 2016, he was appointed Bishop of Đà Nẵng with Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri becoming Bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng by Pope Francis. This is the first time that two bishops have switched dioceses in the history of the Catholic Church in Việt Nam.
Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế On 21 September 2023, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, having the right to succeed Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh and to aid Linh in his ministry.
Archbishop of Huế On 24 May 2025, Ngân became the sixth Archbishop of Huế after Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh. He also received the pallium at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo XIV in a ceremony started by Pope John Paul II that has not been seen in a decade.
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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân