Paul Tep Im Sotha Samath (Khmer: ទេព អ៊ីមសុត្ថា; 1934–May 1975)[1][2] was a Cambodian Roman Catholic priest and the first apostolic prefect of Battambang.

[1] Tep Im was raised by his mother to be a Catholic, and at a young age began to be sent to various schools abroad, such as in Vietnam, France, and Italy.

However, growing concerns for his country's problems as well as a decisive conversation with American bishop Fulton Sheen would lead him to decide against a monastic life and return to Cambodia by August 1962.

[1] Tep Im has been described by historian Milton Osborne as a priest with remarkable understanding of both the Catholic faith and Cambodian society.

[5][6] In June 2015, the Catholic Church officially opened an inquiry into Tep Im's presumed martyrdom, alongside others such as Joseph Chhmar Salas who died during the Cambodian genocide.