Charles Bo
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His Eminence Charles Maung Bo S.D.B |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon | |
| Native name | မောင်ဘို |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Yangon |
| See | Yangon |
| Appointed | 15 May 2003 |
| Installed | 7 June 2003 |
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| Ordination | 9 April 1976 |
| Consecration | by Alphonse U Than Aung |
| Created Cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
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29 October 1948 Monhla Village, Shwebo District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Yangon, Myanmar |
| Parents | John and Juliana Aye Tin |
| Previous post | Bishop of Pathein (1996-2003) |
| Alma mater | Nazareth Aspirantate |
| Motto | "Omnia possum in eo" ( I can do it) |
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Ordination history of Charles Maung Bo |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 9 April 1976 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Alphonse U Than Aung |
| Co-consecrators | Paul Zingtung Grawng |
| Date of consecration | 16 December 1990 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Francis |
| Date of elevation | 14 February 2015 |
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Bishops consecrated by Charles Maung Bo as principal consecrator
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| Lucius Hre Kung | 2 February 2014 |
| John Saw Yaw Han | 12 April 2015 |
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Styles of Charles Maung Bo |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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.
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).
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.
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
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.
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