Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun

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Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun

IVD
Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun.jpg
Mangkhanekhoun, 28 June 2017
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Vientiane
Appointed16 December 2017
PredecessorJean Khamsé Vithavong
Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (2017–present)
Orders
Ordination5 November 1972
Consecration22 April 2001
by Jean Khamsé Vitahavong
Created cardinal28 June 2017
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun

(1944-04-08) 8 April 1944 (age 80)
Bonha-Louang, Laos
Previous post(s)
  • Apostolic Vicar of Paksé (2000–17)
  • Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari (2000–17)
MottoTotus tuus
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun.svg

Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, IVD (born 8 April 1944) is a Laotian prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2001, he was made a cardinal on 28 June 2017 and has served as the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane since 16 December 2017. He is the first cardinal from Laos. [1]

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He speaks Khmu, Laotian, French, and English. [2] He is sometimes referred to as Bishop or Cardinal Ling, [1] [3] though his last name is Mangkhanekhoun. [4]

Biography

He was born Ling Mangkhanekhoun was born on 8 April 1944 in Bonha-Louang in Xiangkhouang province in northeastern Laos. [5] He is an ethnic Khmu. [1] He was baptized in 1952 after his widowed mother became a Catholic. [3] He received his religious instruction from French Oblate Missionaries. [6] In the 1960s he was sent by the Oblates as the first Laotian to study philosophy and theology at the Voluntas Dei seminary in the Diocese of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. He was ordained a priest in a hurried ceremony in a refugee camp [3] on 5 November 1972 for the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane, Laos. He spent the years 1984 to 1987 in prison. [3]

He is a member of Institut Voluntas Dei, founded in 1958 at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He took his first name Louis-Marie from its founder, Fr. Louis-Marie Parent  [ fr ]. [7]

He worked as a priest in the Vicariate of Vientiane for more than 25 years, more than a decade of that time in rural areas, [6] and became its vicar general. On 30 October 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Vicar of Paksé and titular bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari. [8] He was consecrated a bishop on 22 April 2001 [9] by Bishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong, Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane.

He developed a system of seminary education that requires a candidate for the priesthood, after three years of study, to spend one to three years in pastoral work. He explained that they are "catechists, carrying medicines, aid, prayers for the people of the mountain. They integrate with the villagers, live as the villagers do in everything." [1] His other principal charges as a bishop in Laos have been providing formation for Laotian priests, since the government does not allow foreign missionaries to work there, [5] and planning for his own successor. [6]

He was president of the Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia from 2009 to 2014. [5]

On 11 December 2016, his cousin was declared a blessed in the Catholic Church, Blessed Luc Sy (1938–1970), one of the Martyrs of Laos. [10]

On 2 February 2017, Pope Francis gave him the additional responsibilities of apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane. [11]

On 21 May 2017, Pope Francis announced his intention to make Mangkhanekhoun a cardinal. [12] He was made a cardinal at a consistory on 28 June 2017, [13] the first from Laos. [1] With the rank of cardinal-priest, he was assigned the title of San Silvestro in Capite. [14] On 4 October Pope Francis made him a member of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. [15]

On 16 December 2017, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane. [16] Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 23 December 2017 [17] and of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on 8 July 2020. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro il 28 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 21.05.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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  4. ↑ "Laotian bishop surprised to be named cardinal". National Catholic Reporter (Interview). Interviewed by Peter Tran. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2024. As you know, my last name, Mangkanekhoum [MANG-KHA-NE-KHUN], is difficult to say.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Vilmos Dékány
— TITULAR —
Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
30 October 2000 – 28 June 2017		Succeeded by
Enrique Delgado
Preceded by
Thomas Khamphan
 Apostolic Vicar of Paksé
30 October 2000 – 12 December 2017		Vacant
Preceded by
Jean Khamsé Vithavong
 Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane
12 December 2017 – present		Incumbent
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
28 June 2017 – present
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