Installation of Fr. Kike as Apostolic Prefect of the Diocese of Battambang

2 July 2000

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Choir at installation ceremony
A combined choir from Battambang and Phnom Penh led the music for the celebration
Fr. Kike as procession forms
Fr. Kike (far right) and Cambodia's bishops gather for the entrance procession
Children dancers lead procession
Young girls with peacock feather headdresses led the entrance procession with their dance
Fr. Kike receives the book of the gospels
Fr. Kike received various symbols: the gospel book, a cross, a ring, and the presider's chair
Fr. Kike accepts his responsibility as bishop
Bishop Adriano Bernardini, Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, receives Fr. Kike's promises of faithful service to the church
Fr. Kike receives representatives of the parish communities
Representatives of the Catholic communities in the diocese welcome their new leader

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