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

Bishop Pham was appointed as the new bishop of San Diego May 22, in one of Pope Leo XIV's first appointments since the May 18 ...

Bishop Michael Pham already has become a prominent church activist for protection of undocumented immigrants. At his ...

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

The first American bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV was installed on Thursday as the leader of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego. Across San Diego, a lot of attention was focused at St. Therese of ...

Bishop Michael Pham will officially assume his role as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Thursday. SAN DIEGO — Bishop Michael Pham is set to become the seventh Bishop of San ...

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 alongside that of Pope Leo the XIV in the Pastoral Center lobby.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as the new bishop of San Diego, making him the first Vietnamese-American bishop in the United States.

San Diego Roman Catholic Bishop-elect Michael Pham holds a press conference at the diocese’s headquarters on May 22, 2025. (Howard Lipin / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) ...

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 ...

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