Panya Kritcharoen
Rev.
John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen (born
December 18 1949;
Thai ปัญญา กฤษเจริญ) is the
bishop of the
Roman Catholic diocese of Ratchaburi,
Thailand.
Born in Bangtan-
Banpong,
Ratchaburi province, he studied in Thailand and the
United States. He was ordained as priest on
May 22 1976 in Ratchaburi, and then worked as assistant priest, parish priest, as well as school headmaster, rector of the diocesan minor seminary, director of the Centre for Evangelisation, member of the Commission for the Pontifical Mission Societies, president of the Commission for Evangelisation of Peoples and pastoral care for health workers.
While being parish priest of
Chombung, he was appointed as the bishop of the diocese of Ratchaburi by
Pope John Paul II on
March 18 2005. He was consecrated on
May 28 by
Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu.
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Vatican press release about his appointment
