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.