Thailand and the Catholic Church

Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu

Function: Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand

Title: Cardinal Priest of S Lorenzo in Panisperna

Birthdate: Jan 25, 1929	Country: Thailand

Elevated: Feb 02, 1983	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Thailand and the Catholic Church
Apr 14, 2005
Several hundred Roman Catholics gathered for prayers at Assumption Cathedral here, presided over by Cardinal Meechai Kitbunchu, who remembered that after the December tsunamis the pope had sent his condolences and urged Catholic relief agencies to provide $5 million in aid.

(New York Times, April 3 2005) BANGKOK - Although an overwhelmingly Buddhist country, with only about 300,000 Catholics among the population of 62 million, Thailand received Pope John Paul II in 1984, and officials said both Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Kantathi Supamongkhon were sending messages of condolence to the Vatican.

"His death is a loss not only for the Catholic Church but for other people as well," said a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Sihasak Phuangketkeow. "We remember him as a man who devoted his life not just to the church but to the cause of peace, social justice and human dignity."

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