John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai was a Thai Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the bishop of Ratchaburi from 1986 to 2003.
Maliana is a city in East Timor, 149 kilometers southwest of Dili, the national capital. It has a population of 22,000. It is the capital of the district of Bobonaro and Maliana Subdistrict, and is located just a few kilometers from the border with Indonesia. It is also the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana, which was formed by Pope Benedict XVI with territory taken from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dili.
The Pontifical Urban University, also called the Urbaniana after its names in both Latin and Italian, is a pontifical university that was under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The university's mission is to train priests, religious brothers and sisters, and lay people for service as missionaries. Its campus is located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, on extraterritorial property of the Holy See.
The Christ the King Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Karachi, Pakistan; located in adjacent to the Portiuncula Friary. In its early years most of the faculty were provided by the Franciscans. It has been described as "the pioneering theological institution for the Catholic Church in Pakistan."
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanij is a Thai Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 2009 to 2024.
Joseph Li Shan is a Chinese Catholic prelate who serves as Archbishop of Beijing. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 2007, at age 42 at a ceremony at Nan Tang in Xuanwumen. His main consecrator to become bishop was John Fang Xingyao. Before becoming archbishop he served as parish priest of Saint Joseph's Church in Wangfujing.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana–Luweero is a diocese located in the cities of Kasana and Luweero in the ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
Philippe Kourouma was the Guinean bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of N’Zérékoré from 15 December 1979, until his retirement on 27 November 2007. He remained Bishop Emeritus of the diocese from his retirement until his death on 10 February 2009, at the age of 76.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in East Timor. The newest of the country's three dioceses, it was established in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. It serves nearly 300,000 Catholics in the municipalities of Bobonaro, Cova Lima, and Liquiçá, covering a total area of 3,142 km2. The current bishop since the diocese's founding is Norberto do Amaral.
Sofjan Wanandi, a.k.a. Lim Bian Khoen is an Indonesian businessman and the majority owner of Santini Group. Born in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, he is the brother of Jusuf Wanandi, a senior politician and one of the founders of the CSIS think tank in Jakarta.
The Seminary of SS Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic seminary in Dili, East Timor. It is the country’s only major seminary named after the saints Peter and Paul. It is located in Fatumeta.
AsiaNews is an official press agency of the Catholic Church's Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). The editor-in-chief of AsiaNews is Father Bernardo Cervellera, a PIME missionary who also heads Agenzia Fides, the official news agency of the Vatican. Prominent British Bangladeshi journalist and human rights activist William Gomes worked for Asia news.
Eissa Nagri or Issa Nagri or Essa Nagri or Isa Nagri is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Eissa or Issa or Isa is the Arabic name for Jesus.
The Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), officially known as the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, is a Catholic society of apostolic life founded in 1866 by Herbert A. Vaughan.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Maliana and more formally Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the town of Maliana in Bobonaro district, near the border with Indonesia.
St. Joseph Seminary, Maliana, in Maliana Diocese, East Timor, is the country's second Catholic minor seminary.
Franciscus Kopong Kung is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Dominikus Saku is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Hyginus Kim Hee-jong is a Roman Catholic priest. He was the 5th Archbishop and current Archbishop Emeritus, of Gwangju. Born in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Korea in 1947, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Gwangju in 1975. On 24 June 2003, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese.
Martin Su Yao-wen is the current serving Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Taichung, Taiwan.
