Bishop Kike FIGAREDO, S.J. was born in Gijon (Asturias), Spain, on Sept. 21, 1959. He entered the novitiate of the Jesuits on Oct. 15, 1979, and was ordained a priest in Spain on July 4, 1992. Father Figaredo has worked with Cambodian people, particularly the disabled, since 1985. He began with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) at refugee camps in Thailand (1985-1988) and later (1993--2000) at Banteay Prieb (Center of the Dove), a vocational and skill training center for the disabled 20 kilometers from Phnom Penh. He was appointed Apostolic Prefect of Battambang on April 1, 2000, and installed on July 2, 2000.

Address: Phum Rumchek 1, Khum Rattanak Srok Svay Par, Battambang, P.O. Box 330 Battambang
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Father Pierre was born on Aug. 18, 1953, in Phnom Penh. He studied in Canada and was ordained a priest on July 2, 1995.

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Monsignor Paul Tep Im Sotha (1968-1975)
Monsignor Sotha was born in Phnom Penh in 1934. He studied in France and took his theology courses in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1959 and worked at St. Mary's Parish in Phnom Penh. On Sept. 26, 1968, when the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang was established, he was appointed prefect. However, he was killed in May 1975 at Bat Trang in Mongkol Borei district of Banteay Mean Chey province in northwest Cambodia, near the border with Thailand.

Bishop Yves Ramousse Gustave (1963-2001)
Bishop Ramousse was born on Feb. 23, 1928, in Sambadel, France. After joining the Paris Foreign Missions Society, he studied at Gregorian University in Rome and Catholic University in Paris. He was ordained a priest on April 4, 1953. He was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh and Titular Bishop of Pisita on Nov.12, 1962, and ordained a bishop on Feb. 24, 1963. Forced to leave Cambodia on April 30, 1975, he resigned in 1976 and was succeeded by Bishop Chhmar Salas. After Bishop Chhmar Salas died in 1977, Bishop Ramousse was appointed on Feb. 6, 1983, to care for all Khmer Catholics in various countries, and for all of Cambodia. The Holy See reappointed him Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh on July 25, 1992. On Dec. 21 that same year, he was appointed Administrator of Battambang. He retired on April 14, 2001.