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Apostolic Prefecture of

Bătdâmbâng

Cambodia Cambodia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Prefecture Apostolic Prefecture

Name: Bătdâmbâng / Battambang / 馬德望 (正體中文) / Battambangen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Chanthaburi (←), Nakhon Ratchasima (↖), Ubon Ratchathani (↗), Kompong Cham (→), Phnom Penh (↘)

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic (2000.04.01 – ...):Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (63)Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (63)

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Roman Rite)

Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (63)Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (63)
(2000.04.01 – ...)

Prefect Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia)

Born:1959.09.21 (Gijón, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1992.07.04

Prefect Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia) (2000.04.01 – ...)

Bishop Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1992 – 2000.04.01)

Fr. Paul Tep Im Sotha
(1968.09.26 – 1975.05)

Born:1934 (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Ordained Priest:1959
Died:1975.05 († 41)

Prefect Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia) (1968.09.26 – 1975.05)

Statistics

Area: 81,456 km²

Population: 5,311 Catholics (0.1% of 4,503,800 total) (2020)

Statistics: 27 parishes, 17 priests (5 diocesan, 12 religious), 53 lay religious (18 brothers, 35 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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