Joseph Chhmar Salas Cleric

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.

Personal facts

Joseph Chhmar Salas
Birth dateOctober 21, 1937
Birth place
Phnom Penh
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1977
Place of death
Kampong Thom Province

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