Francois Ponchaud and Sr. Gilberte Masson at the Thai border without alerting guards. On 25 July the same year, Yves Ramousse was appointed vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh, and by December was appointed apostolic administrator of Battambang.
Ponchaud and Masson made a covert crossing into Thailand without alerting border guards. Later that year, on July 25, Yves Ramousse was named vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh, and by December, he had been appointed apostolic administrator of Battambang.