![]() ![]() He is also regarded as a master in the Khmer language, leading not only methodic courses of Khmer teaching to hundreds of foreign missionaries and volunteers during decades, but undertaking an extraordinary body of translations of thousands of pages of religious documents extending from Holy Scriptures to the Magistery of the Catholic Church. François Ponchaud, became one of the most iconic Catholic missionaries of the modern Cambodian history during 56 years living with the Cambodian people. ![]() ![]() PHNOM PENH - French priest of the Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP), Fr. ![]() He has translated several documents in Khmer Language.Ponchaud makes a great contribution to the Cambodian society in education, culture and social development. He was the first person to denounce the Khmer Rouge abuses to the international community.François Ponchaud returned to his native France after 56 years in Cambodia. ![]()
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