ASIA/LAOS AND CAMBODIA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

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Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On October 4, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Father Paul Chatsirey Roeung as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Laos and Cambodia for the five-year term 2025-2030. EG (Fides News Agency, 26/5/2026)