ASIA LAOS - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane

Monday, 18 December 2017

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 December 2017, the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D., currently Apostolic Vicar of Paksé, as Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane (Laos). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 18/12/2017)