MICHAEL M. PHAM BISHOP OF SAN DIEGO

Early Years

Bishop Pham fled Vietnam as a 13-year-old refugee in 1980, accompanied by his older sister and a younger brother, arriving first at a refugee camp in Malaysia, before being sponsored a year later in 1981 by an American family and relocating to Blue Earth, MN. A few months later, another sister came to live with them and in 1983 the remainder of his family – four more siblings and his parents – arrived in Minnesota. His family moved to San Diego in 1985.

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To Be Installed as Bishop of San Diego:
July 17, 2025

https://sdcatholic.org/bishop-pham/