Bishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos

Titular Bishop of Moglaena

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Oct 1942		Born
Sep 1964³	21.8	First Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1971²	28.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
26 Jan 1975	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Nov 1982	40.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
19 Nov 1982	40.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Moglaena
16 Jan 1983	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Moglaena
7 Apr 1984	41.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
7 Apr 1984	41.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos
16 Feb 1999	56.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos
2 Feb 2017	74.2	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
8 Dec 2024	82.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jean Khamsé Vithavong
Bishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong O.M.I.
(born 18 Oct 1942, died 8 Dec 2024)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane

Ad Limina - September 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Keng Sadoc, Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang
Ordained Priest Keng Sadoc, Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Vientiane, Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane
Death Place Hospital, Vientiane, Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 41.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Nantha †
Titular Bishop of Succuba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †
Titular Bishop of Sfasferia
Archbishop Renato Raffaele Martino †
Titular Archbishop of Segermes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Nantha † (1974)
Titular Bishop of Succuba
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Louis-Marie Ling Cardinal Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak † (1997)
Bishop Jean Marie Prida Inthirath (2010)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1685613

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,350
aadm: AM, 10 Jan 2023
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 76, Page 916
d: CB, 8 Dec 2024

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