Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij

Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Addolorata

Motto: Verbum Crucis Dei Virtus Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1949		Born
11 Jul 1976	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bangkok, Thailand
7 Mar 2007	57.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
2 Jun 2007	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
14 May 2009	59.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
16 Aug 2009	60.1	Installed	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
14 Feb 2015	65.6	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Feb 2015	65.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Addolorata
11 Oct 2015	66.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Addolorata
27 Jun 2024	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Cardinal Kovithavanij
(born 27 Jun 1949)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok

Event Place
Birth Place Ban Rak, Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
Ordained Bishop Stade couvert, Nakhon Sawan, Diocese of Nakhon Sawan

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Michael Michai Kitbunchu
Archbishop of Bangkok
Principal Consecrator:
Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu
Archbishop of Bangkok
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Bishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg †
Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu (1973)
Archbishop of Bangkok
Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo † (1963)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Tawat Singsa (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai (2009)
Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ban Rak, Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
Ordained Bishop	Stade couvert, Nakhon Sawan, Diocese of Nakhon Sawan

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1396370

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 189, Number 15,427
ab: Bollettino, 14 May 2009
c: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2015
ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2015
i: Bollettino, 2 Oct 2015
r: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2024

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