George Yod Phimphisan ( th, ยอด พิมพิสาร; ; January 19, 1933 – December 19, 2017) was a 20th- and 21st-century

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of the

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. He served as the second bishop of the

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in the region of

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provin ...

from 1975 to 2009.

Biography

Phimphisan was born in

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. He professed religious vows as a

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and studied for the priesthood at Immaculate Conception Seminary in

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. He was ordained a priest on June 24, 1958. Father Phimphisan served as a priest in the Vice Province of Bangkok until October 2, 1975, when Pope

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named him to be the second bishop of the Diocese of Udon Thani. He was ordained a bishop by his predecessor,

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, C.Ss.R., at the Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help on December 12, 1975. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Michel Kien Samophithak of Thare and Nonseng and Giovanni Morettiet the

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to Thailand, and the Apostolic Delegate to

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and

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. Bishop Phimphisan served as the

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of the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng from May 14, 2004, to July 1, 2005. He was the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Thailand for three terms: 1991–1994, 1997–2000 and 2006–2009. He served the Diocese of Udon Thani for 34 years as its bishop before his resignation was accepted by Pope

Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

on November 14, 2009. The Bishop died on December 15, 2017, around 14:10 at Aek Udon Hospital.

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