Dominic Tran Danh Cong was born on 14 1969 in Dalat, Vietnam. After migrating to the United States with his family, he made his first profession in the Salesian Congregation on 15 August 1995 in Bellflower, California. He was ordained priest by the Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Bishop Raymond Emil Goedert, on 24 May 2003, at the Church of Our Lady of the Valley, in Orange, New Jersey.
From 2005 to 2007 he was a Councillor at the High School New Rochelle. He then held the position of Vice-Director, from 2007 to 2011, and then Director, from 2013 to 2016, at the community in Orange.
From 2016 to 2021 he was Provincial Delegate for Youth Ministry for the Eastern United States Province. In the same Province he was holding the position of Vice-Provincial and, from 1 September 2021, that of Provincial Delegate for Formation.
