George Yod Phimphisan

George Yod Phimphisan (Thai: ยอด พิมพิสาร; rtgs: Yot Phimphisan; born January 19, 1933) is a 20th and 21st century bishop of the Catholic Church in Thailand. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Udon Thani in the region of Isan, Thailand from 1975-2009.

Biography

Phimphisan was born in Bangkok. He professed religious vows as a Redemptorist and studied for the priesthood at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA. He was ordained a priest on June 24, 1958.

Father Phimphisan served as a priest in the Vice Province of Bangkok until October 2, 1975 when Pope Paul VI named him to be the second bishop of the Diocese of Udon Thani. He was ordained a bishop by his predecessor, Bishop Clarence James Duhart, C.Ss.R., at the Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help on December 12, 1975. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Michel Kien Samophithak of Thare and Nonseng and Giovanni Morettiet the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, and the Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore.^[1]

Bishop Phimphisan served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng from May 14, 2004 to July 1, 2005.^[2] He was the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Thailand for three terms: 1991-1994, 1997–2000 and 2006-2009.^[3] He served the Diocese of Udon Thani for 34 years as its bishop before his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on November 14, 2009.

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