# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nguyen-van-thuan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:36.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nguyen-van-thuan"
name: "Nguyen Van Thuan"
slug: "nguyen-van-thuan"
description: "Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate who served as President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 1998 to 2002. Prior to that, he served as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Sài Gòn from 1975 to 1994 and as Bishop of Nha Trang from 1967 to 1975."
tagline: "Vietnamese Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop and venerable (1928–2002)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1928-04-17"
deathDate: "2002-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump