Apostolic Prefecture of

Bătdâmbâng

Cambodia Cambodia

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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

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic (2000.04.01 – ...):Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (65)Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (65)

President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Roman Rite)

Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (65)Fr. Kike Figaredo Alvargonzales, S.J. (65)
(2000.04.01 – ...)

Prefect Apostolic of Bătdâmbâng (Cambodia)
President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia

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

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

President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (2024 – ...)

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 († 40)

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

Special Churches

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 81,456 km²

Population: 5,520 Catholics (0.1% of 4,610,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 20 priests (6 diocesan, 14 religious), 69 religious (22 brothers, 47 sisters), 1 seminarian

Population

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