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Louis Chamniern Santisukniram ( th, หลุยส์ จำเนียร สันติสุขนิรันดร์; ; born October 30, 1942) was the
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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Thailand 1942 births Living people 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Thailand {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub
Louis Chamniern Santisukniram ( th, หลุยส์ จำเนียร สันติสุขนิรันดร์; ; born October 30, 1942) was the Archbishop
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of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
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.
Louis Chamniern Santisukniram was ordained a priest
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on May 17, 1970, and was appointed as bishop
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of the Diocese of Nakhon Sawan
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Nakhon Sawan (''Dioecesis Nakhonsauanensis'', th, สังฆมณฑลนครสวรรค์) is located in central Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok.
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on November 5, 1998 (consecrated January 23, 1999 by Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu
Michael Michai Kitbunchu ( th, ไมเกิ้ล มีชัย กิจบุญชู, ; born 25 January 1929) is a Thai prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 1973 to 2009 and was elevated to the ca ...
). On July 1, 2005 he was appointed as the archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, and installed on August 20, 2005. He retired on May 13, 2020.
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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Thailand 1942 births Living people 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Thailand {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub