Bishop Michael Pham launched the ministry to make sure refugees and asylum seekers are not alone at immigration hearings. The ...

Most bakers know butter is the backbone of great pastries. For Ti Pham and Michael Nguyen, co-owners of Buttercoop Bakery in ...

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

We feel blessed of this day. Everyone should pray for Bishop and pray for our family.” Almost two months after becoming Pope Leo XIV’s first choice for a new American bishop. Pham, 58, smiled ...

Bishop Michael Pham is the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego and the first Vietnamese American to lead a U.S. diocese. By Todd Strain • Published July 17, 2025 • Updated on ...

Bishop Michael Pham who will take over as leader of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, now has his photograph displayed alongside that of Pope Leo the XIV in the Pastoral Center lobby.

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 ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — In a traditional Catholic installation ceremony held in Del Mar, Bishop Michael Pham was officially installed as the leader of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego. More than ...

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 ...

Bishop-elect Michael Pham of San Diego, the first Vietnamese American head of a US diocese, hopes the Catholic Church can recognize its “multicultural” nature so that different races and ...

Michael Pham, 58, right, was installed as bishop by Cardinal Christophe Pierre during services at St. Therese of Carmel Church in Carmel Valley.