Background
Kitbunchu, Michael Michai Cardinal was born on January 24, 1929 in Samphran, Thailand, Ordainedpriest Roman Catholic Church, 1959.
Kitbunchu, Michael Michai Cardinal was born on January 24, 1929 in Samphran, Thailand, Ordainedpriest Roman Catholic Church, 1959.
Rector minor seminary, Bangkok, 1965-1972. Consecrated archbishop of Bangkok, 1973. Elevated to Sacred College of Cardinals, 1983 (1st cardinal from Thailand).
Titular church, Saint Laurence in Panisperna.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand, 1959, parochial vicar, 1959—1965. Rector Seminary of Bangkok, 1965-1972. Ordained bishop, 1973.
Archbishop Archdiocese of Bangkok, 1973—2009, archbishop emeritus, since 2009. Elevated to cardinal, 1983. Cardinal-priest St. Laurence in Panisperna, since 1983.
Member Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples, Congregatio de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum, Praefectura Rerum Oeconomicarum Sanctae Sedis.