Olivier Schmitthaeusler

The Most Reverend
Olivier Schmitthaeusler
Titular bishop of Catabum Castra
Native name Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh
Appointed 10 October 2010
Predecessor Émile Destombes
Orders
Ordination 28 June 1998
Consecration 20 March 2010
by Émile Destombes
Personal details
Born 26 June 1970
Strasbourg, France
Nationality French
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto ″Caritas Christi urget nos"
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Olivier Schmitthaeusler (born 26 June 1970) is the current Apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh since 10 October 2010.

Biography

Olivier was born in Strasbourg in 1970 as the eldest child of a big family. His father is a permanent deacon in the diocese of Strasbourg. He entered in 1989 in the major seminary of Strasbourg where he studied philosophy and theology. Between 1991 and 1994 he was cooperant in Japan for his civil service. Back to France he was ordained a priest for the Paris Foreign Missions Society on 28 June 1998 in the Strasbourg Cathedral.

He was sent as a missionary in Cambodia where he first studied khmer language for three years between 1998 and 2001. He was finally named parish priest in the small parish of Chomkarcheang near from Takeo.

Episcopal career

The day before Christmas 2009, he is named coadjutor vicar of Phnom Penh in order to replace bishop Émile Destombes about to resign for age reason. He succeed him on 10 October 2010 after being ordained bishop on 20 March 2010.[1] At this time he was the youngest French bishop and one of the youngest bishop in the world.

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This article is a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia with a few changes

  1. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved December 20, 2013.