PhamGREENSBORO — Vincentian Father Paul Phuong Van Kim Pham has joined St. Mary’s Parish as parochial vicar effective Oct. 1, 2025, Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., has announced.
Father Pham was ordained on Aug. 20, 2025, by the Most Rev. Dominic Nguyễn Văn Mạnh, bishop of the Diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam. Father Pham’s hometown has produced numerous religious vocations, and he was inspired to join the Vincentians by the example of a Vincentian priest from his community.
Reflecting on his vocation journey, Father Pham said he first sensed God’s call to the priesthood while in high school. That call deepened throughout his college years and remained strong after graduation. After working for a company for several years, he chose to leave his position and answer God’s call to serve as a priest.
Established in 1928, St. Mary’s Parish is one of the most ethnically diverse parishes in the diocese and has been staffed since 1939 by the Congregation of the Mission, otherwise known as the Vincentians.
Father Pham will live in community with the other Vincentians at the parish and will serve the growing Vietnamese Catholic community in the Greensboro area, which has outgrown the space available at St. Mary’s and since last fall has been worshiping at a new site, Holy Family Vietnamese Mission Church, located at 4112 Romaine St.
— Catholic News Herald