Michael Michai Kitbunchu
His Eminence
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok | |
| See | Bangkok |
| Appointed | 18 December 1972 |
| Installed | 3 June 1973 |
| Term ended | 14 May 2009 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo |
| Successor | Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1959 by Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian |
| Consecration | 3 June 1973 by Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo |
| Created Cardinal | 2 February 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 January 1929 Samphran, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents |
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| Motto | per crucem ad lucem |
| Coat of arms |  |
Michael Michai Kitbunchu (Thai: ไมเกิ้ล มีชัย กิจบุญชู; born 25 January 1929) is a Thai prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 1973 to 2009 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. He has been the Protopriest of the College of Cardinals since 14 December 2016.
Michael Kitbunchu was born in Samphran, a district of the Nakhon Pathom Province, to a family of Chinese descent and studied at the minor seminary of Siracha. He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum De Propaganda Fide in Rome, from where he obtained a licentiate in both philosophy and theology. While in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian on 20 December 1959.
He returned to Thailand and served as assistant pastor and then pastor in Bangham, and later became pastor of Calvary Parish in Bangkok. He was also an archdiocesan consultor and served as rector of the metropolitan seminary of Bangkok from 1965 to 1972.
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