Fr. Joseph Anh Dung Tran OFMConv was born in 1950 in Hue, Vietnam. He entered St. Sulpice Seminary of Hue and later joined St. Mary of The Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, United States. After his ordination, he went to France to pursue his studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris (Institut Catholique de Paris) and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Historical and Philological Studies, 4th Section. He is the author of several publications; since 1993, he has been the Vicar at the Vietnamese Catholic Mission in Paris (Mission Catholique Vietnamienne), and concurrently oversees the Publishing House at Dac Lo Tung Thu-Alexandre de Rhodes.