Manat Chuabsamai
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John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai (Thai
มนัส จวบสมัย) (31 October 1935 - 20 October 2011) was the Catholic
bishop
of Ratchaburi
from 1986 to 2003.
Manat was born October 31, 1935 in Bang Nok Khwaek. He was sent to study philosophy and theology in Madras, India
, and was then ordained a priest on May 10, 1961. After ordination he worked in parish, school, and seminary posts in the diocese of Ratchaburi. In 1976/77 he studied at The Catholic University of America
in Washington, DC from which he obtained a masters degree in philosophy. He then taught philosophy at the Lux Mundi seminary, the only major seminary in Thailand
. In 1984 he became rector of the seminary.
On November 25, 1985 Manat was appointed bishop of Ratchaburi in succession to the late Joseph Ek Thabping. On January 6, 1986 he was consecrated bishop by Pope John Paul II
in Rome
.
In May 1993 during a visit to Manila
in the Philippines
, Manat came into contact with the Society of Saint Pius X. In April 2000 he met with the Superior General of the Society, Bishop Bernard Fellay
. In 2001 he visited many of the Society's chapels in the United States
. He resigned as bishop of Ratchaburi on July 24, 2003.
Thai alphabet
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มนัส จวบสมัย) (31 October 1935 - 20 October 2011) was the Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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bishop
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of Ratchaburi
Diocese of Ratchaburi
The Diocese of Ratchaburi is located in western central Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok....
from 1986 to 2003.
Manat was born October 31, 1935 in Bang Nok Khwaek. He was sent to study philosophy and theology in Madras, India
India
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, and was then ordained a priest on May 10, 1961. After ordination he worked in parish, school, and seminary posts in the diocese of Ratchaburi. In 1976/77 he studied at The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
in Washington, DC from which he obtained a masters degree in philosophy. He then taught philosophy at the Lux Mundi seminary, the only major seminary in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. In 1984 he became rector of the seminary.
On November 25, 1985 Manat was appointed bishop of Ratchaburi in succession to the late Joseph Ek Thabping. On January 6, 1986 he was consecrated bishop by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
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in Rome
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.
In May 1993 during a visit to Manila
Manila
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in the Philippines
Philippines
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, Manat came into contact with the Society of Saint Pius X. In April 2000 he met with the Superior General of the Society, Bishop Bernard Fellay
Bernard Fellay
Bernard Fellay, SSPX is a bishop and superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of St. Pius X. In 1988, the Roman Catholic Church declared Fellay automatically excommunicated through being consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as...
. In 2001 he visited many of the Society's chapels in the United States
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. He resigned as bishop of Ratchaburi on July 24, 2003.