Jean Sommeng Vorachak
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Jean Sommeng Vorachek was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet
, Laos
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Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June 29, 1963, Pope John Paul II
appointed Vorachek bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet. He was ordained bishop on October 19, 1997.
Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet
Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet is a subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Laos.Covering an area of 48,100 km² of central Laos, the Vicariate is the largest of the apostolic vicariates in Laos. 12,500 of 2.7 million citizen in the area are member of the Catholic Church.The vicariate...
, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
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Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June 29, 1963, Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
appointed Vorachek bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet. He was ordained bishop on October 19, 1997.