Michael Pham, a Vietnamese American and a refugee himself, has been installed as the first Vietnamese American bishop to lead ...

Michael Pham responded immediately. “I do accept the pastoral care of the people of God in the diocese of San Diego.” ...

In a traditional Catholic installation ceremony held in Del Mar, Bishop Michael Pham was officially installed as the leader ...

Bishop Michael Pham will officially assume his role as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Thursday.

Almost two months after becoming Pope Leo XIV's first choice for a new American bishop. Pham, 58, smiled throughout most of a ...

Bishop Michael Pham who will take over as leader of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, now has his photograph displayed ...

Michael Pham knows what it feels like to struggle for breath in a cloud of tear gas. Pham was born in Vietnam in 1967 as the war reached a boiling point, and his family repeatedly tried to flee ...

Michael Pham is the first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV. And in another first, Pham is the first person of Vietnamese ...

Pham, who was born in Da Nang, Vietnam, was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999 and was made a bishop in 2023. He was in charge of programming for the dioceses’ ethnic groups and ...

Pham, who was born in Da Nang, Vietnam, was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999 and was made a bishop in 2023. He was in charge of programming for the dioceses’ ethnic groups and ...