Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu

Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1929		Born
20 Dec 1959	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bangkok, Thailand
18 Dec 1972	43.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
3 Jun 1973	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
2 Feb 1983	54.0	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Feb 1983	54.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
14 May 2009	80.3	Retired	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand

MicroData Summary
Michael Michai Kitbunchu
Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu
(born 25 Jan 1929)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok

Consistory - 1983: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Samphran, Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Minor Seminary, Bangkok, Archdiocese of Bangkok

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a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit
Bishop of Chanthaburi
Bishop Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †
Bishop of Nakhon Sawan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo † (1963)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai (1974)
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij (1976)
Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (1980)
Archbishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg † (1976)
Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniram (1999)
Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen † (2005)
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij (2007)
Archbishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana (2009)
Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai (2009)
Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (2018)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Ek Thabping † (1976)
Bishop Michael Bunluen Mansap † (1976)
Bishop Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † (1988)
Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, S.D.B. (2004)
Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q506672

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 14 May 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,220
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 2 Feb 1983

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