Charles Maung Bo

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His Eminence
Charles Maung Bo
S.D.B
Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon
Native name မောင်ဘို
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Yangon
See Yangon
Appointed 15 May 2003
Installed 7 June 2003
Orders
Ordination 9 April 1976
Consecration by Alphonse U Than Aung
Created Cardinal 14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Born (1948-10-29) 29 October 1948 (age 75)
Monhla Village, Shwebo District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Nationality Burmese
Denomination Roman Catholic
Residence Yangon, Myanmar
Parents John and Juliana Aye Tin
Previous post Bishop of Pathein (1996-2003)
Alma mater Nazareth Aspirantate
Coat of arms Charles Maung Bo's coat of arms

Charles Maung Bo[pronunciation?] (Burmese: ချားလ်မောင်ဘို; born 29 October 1948) is the current Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon.[1] He was installed to his current post on 7 June 2003.[1]

Early life and education

Bo was born on 29 October 1948, in Monhla Village, Shwebo District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar to parents John and Juliana Aye Tin.[2] Bo's father, a farmer, died when he was 2. Thereafter, he was sent to a Salesian-run boarding school in Mandalay.[3] From 1962 to 1976, Bo studied at the Nazareth Aspirantate, a Salesian seminary, in Anisakan village, near Maymyo (now Pyin Oo Lwin).[2]

Career

Bo was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco order on 9 April 1976.[1] He was appointed as prefect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lashio in 1986.[1] Four years later, he was consecrated Bishop of Lashio.[1] In 1996, he was transferred to the Diocese of Pathein.

Cardinalate

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make Bo a cardinal of the Catholic Church on 14 February of the same year.[4] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of Sant'Ireneo a Centocelle[5]

In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and of the Pontifical Council for Culture by Pope Francis.

See also

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Gabriel
Bishop of Pathein
1996-2003
Succeeded by
John Hsane Hgyi
Preceded by Archbishop of Yangon
2003 - present
Incumbent