Vicariate Apostolic Savannakhet
| Vicariate Apostolic Savannakhet | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Laos |
| Apostolic Vicar | Jean Marie Prida Inthirath |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 48,100 km² |
| Parishes | 54 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Residents | 1,080,300 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics | 12,500 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| proportion of | 1.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,500 |
| Religious sisters | 58 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Laotian |
| cathedral | St. Louis (Thakhek) |
| Co-cathedral | St. Theresa (Savannakhet) |
| address | St. Louis Cathedral, PO Box 012, Thakhek, Khammouan province, Laos |
The Apostolic Vicariate Savannakhet ( Latin : Apostolicus Vicariatus Savannakhetensis ) is an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church located in Laos .
It includes the two provinces of Khammuan and Savannakhet . The seat is the St. Louis Cathedral in Thakhek , and there is also the St. Theresa co- cathedral in Savannakhet .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Savannakhet was founded on December 21, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Thakhek . The Apostolic Prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on February 24, 1958 and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Savannakhet on November 26, 1963 . On June 12, 1967, the Vicariate of Savannakhet gave the southern parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Paksé .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Thakhek
- Jean Arnaud MEP , 1950-1958
Vicars Apostolic of Thakhek
- Jean Arnaud MEP, 1958-1963
Vicars Apostolic of Savannakhet
- Jean Arnaud MEP, 1950-1969
- Pierre Bach MEP, 1971–1975
- Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany , 1975-1997
- Jean Sommeng Vorachak , 1997-2009
- Jean Marie Prida Inthirath , since 2010