The Reverend Pierre Sophal Tonlop | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Province | Battambang |
See | Battambang |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 July 1995 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 |
Pierre Sophal Tonlop ( Khmer: ទម្លាប់ សុផល; born 1953) [2] is a Cambodian Catholic priest best known as the first native of Cambodia to be ordained a priest after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979; he was ordained on 22 July 1995 and assigned to the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang. [3] [4]
Tonlop was a resident of Canada from 1984 to 1990, during which he studied at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal (Major Seminary of Montreal). [1] [5] From 1990 to 1993, he continued his studies in France. [5] By 1994, after his ordination as a deacon, he volunteered to become a missionary in Cambodia for a return to his native country, where he later became a priest the year after. [5]
As of 2012, he is Battambang's Vicar Delegate in charge of caring for Vietnamese Catholic communities in the country, alongside heading the Rice Bank of the Church. [2] [6]
The Reverend Pierre Sophal Tonlop | |
---|---|
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Province | Battambang |
See | Battambang |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 July 1995 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 |
Pierre Sophal Tonlop ( Khmer: ទម្លាប់ សុផល; born 1953) [2] is a Cambodian Catholic priest best known as the first native of Cambodia to be ordained a priest after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979; he was ordained on 22 July 1995 and assigned to the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang. [3] [4]
Tonlop was a resident of Canada from 1984 to 1990, during which he studied at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal (Major Seminary of Montreal). [1] [5] From 1990 to 1993, he continued his studies in France. [5] By 1994, after his ordination as a deacon, he volunteered to become a missionary in Cambodia for a return to his native country, where he later became a priest the year after. [5]
As of 2012, he is Battambang's Vicar Delegate in charge of caring for Vietnamese Catholic communities in the country, alongside heading the Rice Bank of the Church. [2] [6]