# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-michai-kitbunchu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:34:22.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-michai-kitbunchu"
name: "Michael Michai Kitbunchu"
slug: "michael-michai-kitbunchu"
description: "Michael Michai Kitbunchu is a Thai prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bangkok from 1973 to 2009 and was made a cardinal in 1983. He has been the Protopriest of the College of Cardinals since 14 December 2016. He is the first cardinal from Thailand. He was president of the Thai Episcopal Conference from 1979 to 1982 and from 2000 to 2006. As of 2025, Kitbunchu is the longest serving cardinal."
tagline: "Catholic cardinal"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1929-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump