# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-chhmar-salas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:29:23.236Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-chhmar-salas"
name: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
slug: "joseph-chhmar-salas"
description: "Joseph Chhmar Salas 21 October 1937 – September 1977) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh in Cambodia from 1975 to 1977, when he died of exhaustion in a forced work camp of the Khmer Rouge. He was among the first native Cambodians to become a Catholic priest and the first to become bishop."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1937–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Father_Joseph_Chmar_Salas%2C_serves_as_assistant_priest.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-10-21"
deathDate: "1977"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.612384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约瑟夫·奇马·萨拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوزيف شمار سالاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Chhm%C3%A1_Salas"
    title: "José Chhmá Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%99%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%94_%E1%9E%86%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%8B"
    title: "យ៉ូសែប ឆ្មារសាឡាស់"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Joseph Chhmar Salas"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%A7%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Салас, Иосиф Чма"
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  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuse_Chhmar_Salas"
    title: "Giuse Chhmar Salas"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3452757"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump