Louis-Marie Ling Cardinal Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos

Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite

Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang

Motto: Totus Tuus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1944		Born
5 Nov 1972	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vientiane, Laos
30 Oct 2000	56.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos
30 Oct 2000	56.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
22 Apr 2001	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
2 Feb 2017	72.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Vientiane, Laos
28 Jun 2017	73.2	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 2017	73.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
16 Dec 2017	73.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
22 Apr 2018	74.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
30 Nov 2019	75.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos
23 Dec 2024	80.7	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos

MicroData Summary
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun
Louis-Marie Ling Cardinal Mangkhanekhoun I.V.Dei
(born 8 Apr 1944)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane

Ad Limina - September 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop
Consistory - 2017: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Bonha-Louang, Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang
Ordained Bishop Sacré Coeur, Cathedral, Paksé, Vicariate Apostolic of Paksé

Please contact the Cardinal through the Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Moglaena
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak †
Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari
Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. † (1983)
Titular Bishop of Moglaena
Bishop Thomas Nantha † (1974)
Titular Bishop of Succuba
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa (2006)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Marie Prida Inthirath (2010)
Bishop Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa (2022)
Bishop Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1721124

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,965
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2017
card: CB, 21 May 2017
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2017
ab: Bollettino, 16 Dec 2017
i: Bollettino, 18 Apr 2018
aadm: AM, 16 Dec 2022
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 112, Page 109
b: Bollettino, 27 Jan 2001
r: Bollettino, 23 Dec 2024

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