Joseph Chhmar Salas
Joseph Chhmar Salas | |
|---|---|
| Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh | |
The then-Father Salas on 17 November 1968. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Phnom Penh |
| Appointed | 30 April 1976 |
| Term ended | September 1977 |
| Predecessor | Yves Ramousse |
| Successor | Yves Ramousse |
| Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh (1975-76) Titular Bishop of Sigus (1975-76) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 June 1964 by Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse |
| Consecration | 14 April 1975 by Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1937 |
| Died | September 1977 (aged 39) Taing Kok, Kompong Thom, Democratic Kampuchea |
Joseph Chhmar Salas (Khmer: យ៉ូសែប ឆ្មារសាឡាស់) 21 October 1937 – September 1977) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh in Cambodia from 1975 to 1977, when he died of exhaustion in a forced work camp of the Khmer Rouge. He was among the first native Cambodians to become a Catholic priest and the first to become bishop.