Joseph Chhmar Salas [SEP] position held
Joseph Chhmar Salas
Joseph Chhmar Salas (in Khmer យ៉ូសែប ធ្មារ សាឡាស់; 21 October 1937 – September 1977) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh in Cambodia between 1975 and 1977. He was also the first Cambodian native bishop and he died of exhaustion in a forced work camp of the Khmer Rouge.
Life.
Salas was born in Phnom Penh on 21 October 1937. For his formation as a priest, he was sent to Paris and was ordained in 1964. His first assignment was
17 December 1928 – 23 March 1936 (died)
- Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Chabalier, M.E.P  2 December 1937 – 11 June 1955 (died)
- Gustave-André-Ferdinand Raballand, M.E.P  29 February 1956 – April 1962 (resigned)
- Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P  12 November 1962 – 1976 (resigned)
- Joseph Chhmar Salas: 30 April 1976 – September 1977 (killed)
- Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P  1992 – 14 April