Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana

Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Apostolic Administrator of Bangkok

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Oct 1955		Born
7 Jun 1981	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bangkok, Thailand
10 Feb 2009	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
1 May 2009	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand
27 Jun 2024	68.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bangkok, Thailand

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana
Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana
(born 3 Oct 1955)
Bishop of Chiang Mai

Ad Limina - May 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sam Saem, Archdiocese of Bangkok
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Chiang Mai, Diocese of Chiang Mai

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Chiang Mai.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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 Sangval Surasarang †
Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (2018)
Bishop Paul Trairong Multree (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1441818

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,166
aadm: CB, 27 Jun 2024

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