Manat Chuabsamai
John Bosco
Manat Chuabsamai (
Thai มนัส จวบสมัย) 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
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.
*
Interview in The Angelus, November 2001, Volume XXIV, Number 11
