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Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong-Cham

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Prefect Pierre Suon Hangly
Father Suon Hangly
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Prefect Pierre Suon Hangly
Eglise Catholique,
111 Prea Bhat Ang Dong,
Kompong-Cham, Cambodia

Phone: (042)6321.001

Pope Francis appointed Father Pierre Suon Hangly as new apostolic prefect of Kompong Cham on July 15, 2022.

Father Hangly replaces Bishop Antonysamy Susairaj, an Indian-born member of the Missions étrangères de Paris, who resigned in 2019.

Father Hangly was born on April 14, 1972, in Phnom-Penh and was ordained priest on Dec 9, 2001.

He served as a parish priest in Kampot/Takeo from 2002 to 2007 followed by studies in France at the Institut Catholique de Paris (2007-2015) to secure a bachelor’s degree and a licentiate in theology.

Back in Cambodia, he later become vicar general of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh and superior at the local seminary.

The installation took place on October 1, 2022.

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