Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Surat Thani in southern Thailand was founded in 1969, when it was split off from the Diocese of Ratchaburi. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok. The area of Surat Thani was evangelized by the Salesians of Don Bosco in the 1930s.
The diocese covers an area of 76,562 km², covering all of the southern provinces of Thailand, including Prachuap Khiri Khan as its northernmost province. As of 2001, of the 9 million citizen 6,682 are member of the catholic church. The bishop is Joseph Prathan Sridanusil, who was appointed on October 9 2004.