Paul Tep Im Sotha

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Paul Tep Im Sotha
Battambang Province, Kampuchea

Paul Tep Im Sotha Samath (

Cambodian Roman Catholic priest and the first apostolic prefect of Battambang.[3] Ordained in 1959, he was the second native Cambodian to become a Catholic priest after Simon Chhem Yen.[1]

Tep Im was raised by his mother to be a Catholic, and at a young age began to be sent to various schools abroad, such as in

Fulton Sheen would lead him to decide against a monastic life and return to Cambodia by August 1962.[1] Upon the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, Tep Im was installed as its apostolic prefect on September 26, 1968, a position he remained in up to his death under the Khmer Rouge regime in early May 1975.[1]

Tep Im has been described by historian

martyrdom, alongside others such as Joseph Chhmar Salas who died during the Cambodian genocide.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Descallar, Blas; Ange, Mary. "Msgr. Paul Tep Im Sotha" (PDF). Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Parish. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ISBN 88-16-30099-X
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  3. ^ a b "Cambodian Catholics look for martyrs among genocide victims". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Phnom Penh. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. ISBN 0-04-950021-X
    . Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. UCA News
    . Union of Catholic Asian News Limited. August 27, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Msgr. Tep Im Student Center". Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Parish. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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