Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach (29 July 1932 – 26 June 2020) was a French-born Laotian

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bishop. Bach was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as the

bishop of the

Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet The Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Savannakhetensis) is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Laos. As an apostolic vicariate, it is a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, entitled to a titular bishop. It i ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, from 1971 to 1975.Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet
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1932 births 2020 deaths French Roman Catholic bishops in Asia 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Laos French emigrants Immigrants to Laos {{France-RC-bishop-stub