Resignation of ordinary abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Calcutta, India

Appointment of coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Resignation of ordinary abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of ordinary abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, presented by the Reverend Fr. Jean César Scarcella, C.R.S.M.

Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Calcutta, India

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Elias Frank of Asansol as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Calcutta, India.

Appointment of coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, until now prefect apostolic of Kompong-Cham, as coadjutor vicar apostolic of the same apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Pierre Suon Hangly was born on 14 April 1972 in Phnom-Penh.

He was ordained a priest on 9 December 2001 for the clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh.

After ordination, he first provided pastoral service in the Sector of Kampo-Kep and Takeo (2001-2007). He was awarded a licentiate in theology, specializing in spirituality, at the Institut Catholique de Paris (2015), and went on to serve as rector of the Saint Jean Marie Vianney National Major Seminary (2015-2017), parish priest of Saint Peter and Paul in Phnom-Penh (2015-2022), pro-vicar of the apostolic vicariate of Phnom-Penh (2017-2022), and prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong-Cham (2022).