Native name မောင်ဘို Installed 7 June 2003 Appointed May 15, 2003 See Yangon Ordination April 9, 1976 | Archdiocese Yangon Church Roman Catholic Name Charles Bo | |
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Consecration by Alphonse U Than Aung Previous post Roman Catholic Diocese of Pathein | ||
Residence Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Created cardinal February 14, 2015 | ||
Interview with cardinal charles maung bo sdb
Charles Maung Bo (Burmese: ချားလ်မောင်ဘို; born 29 October 1948) is the current Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon. He was installed to his current post on 7 June 2003.
Contents
- Interview with cardinal charles maung bo sdb
- Charles maung bo elevated to cardinal in vatican ceremony
- Early life and education
- Career
- Cardinalate
- References
Charles maung bo elevated to cardinal in vatican ceremony
Early life and education
Bo was born on 29 October 1948, in Monhla Village, Shwebo District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar to parents John and Juliana Aye Tin. Bo's father, a farmer, died when he was 2. Thereafter, he was sent to a Salesian-run boarding school in Mandalay. From 1962 to 1976, Bo studied at the Nazareth Aspirantate, a Salesian seminary, in Anisakan village, near Maymyo (now Pyin Oo Lwin).
Career
Bo was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco order on 9 April 1976. He was appointed as prefect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lashio in 1986. Four years later, he was consecrated Bishop of Lashio. In 1996, he was transferred to the Diocese of Pathein.
Cardinalate
On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make Bo a cardinal of the Catholic Church on 14 February of the same year. At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of Sant’Ireneo a Centocelle
In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Council for Culture, and Secretariat of Communication by Pope Francis.
