Michael Michai Kitbunchu
Michael Michai Kitbunchu (born January 25 1929) is the archbishop of the (Roman-Catholic) Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand since 1973. In 1983 he was elevated to be cardinal.
Born in Samphran, he studied in a minor simanary at Si Racha and at the Pontifical Urban College of "Propaganda Fide" in Rome. He received a degree in philosophy and theology, and was ordained as a priest on December 20 1959 by Cardinal Agagianian.
He returned to Thailand and became pastor of Bang Kham (Lopburi province), and later given the important parish of Calvary in Bangkok. In 1965 he became rector of the metropolitan seminary, and was appointed as archbishop of Bangkok December 18 1972 by Pope Paul VI. Ordained on June 3 1973, he was elevated to cardinal on February 2 1983. Holding the title of the titular church of St. Laurence in Panisperna, he is the first-ever Thai cardinal.