Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana
Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana ( ฟ รัง ซิ ส เซ เวี ย ร์วีระ อาภรณ์รัตน์ ; born October 3, 1955 in Sam Sen, Phaya Thai , Bangkok , Thailand ) is Bishop of Chiang Mai .
Life
The Archbishop of Bangkok , Michael Michai Kitbunchu , ordained him a priest on June 7, 1981 . Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Chiang Mai on February 10, 2009 .
The Archbishop of Bangkok , Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu, donated him episcopal ordination on May 1st of the same year ; Co-consecrators were Salvatore Pennacchio , Apostolic Nuncio in Thailand , Singapore and Cambodia and Apostolic Delegate in Myanmar , Laos , Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam , and Joseph Sangval Surasarang , Former Bishop of Chiang Mai. As a motto he chose OMNIA FACIO PROPTER EVANGELIUM .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Joseph Sangval Surasarang |
Bishop of Chiang Mai since 2009 |
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| SURNAME | Vira Arpondratana, Francis Xavier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Thai priest, Bishop of Chiang Mai |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sam Sen |