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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Father Peter Piyachart Makornkhanp, of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Thailand for five years.
The new director of the Thai PMS is 63 years old and was ordained a priest in 1990. He attended the St. Joseph Seminary in Sempran (1979-1982) and subsequently that of the Holy Family. He obtained a degree in philosophy and religious studies at the Saengtham Institute at the Sampran Campus and a master's degree from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. From 1990 to date he has carried out various ministries, covering the role of parish priest and pastoral assistant in various communities of his Archdiocese, of which he was Vicar General from 2020 to April 2024. Since April 2024 he has worked in the office for the missionary pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Bangkok and is parish priest of the Holy Rosary Church. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 20/12/2024)
