On March 25, Father Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong was ordained as a bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, Laos.
He succeeds Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D. of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane.
Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong was born on April 4, 1964, in Paksé, in the Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé. He studied philosophy and theology at the St. Charles Boromée Major Seminary, obtaining a degree from the Université de Fribourg in Switzerland.
Hongsaphong was ordained a priest on September 3, 1994, for the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé.
HI obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas—Angelicum in Rome (1994–1996). He was the parish vicar of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (1997-1999); Judge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Tharé-Nonseng, Thailand (1997-2005).
He was parish priest of the Holy Family in Ban Nongkhu, Thailand (1999-2005); rector of the Pastor Bonus Preparatory Seminary in Paksé, Laos (2005-2014); and parish priest of the Cathedral and head of the 12 Catholic communities in the Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé (2005-2014).
He was the Professor of Canon Law, Sacramental Law, Ecumenism, and Introduction to Sacred Scripture at the National Major Seminary in Thakeh (since 2005); responsible for the pastoral care in the 11 mission stations of the Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé.
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