Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima
| Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Chusak Sirisut |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 41,148 km² |
| Parishes | 28 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 5,198,400 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 5,464 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 228 |
| Friars | 6 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Thai |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.catholic.or.th/bishopkorat/ |
The diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima ( Latin : Dioecesis Nakhonratchasimaensis , Thai : เขต มิส ซัง นครราชสีมา ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Nakhon Ratchasima , Thailand .
organization
The 41148 km² diocese includes the provinces Buri Ram , Chaiyaphum and Nakhon Ratchasima . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng as a suffragan .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Vicariate Nakhorn-Rajasima with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Populus Dei on March 22, 1965 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Ubon .
With the bull Qui in fastigio she was raised to the diocese on December 18 of the same year. On July 2, 1969, it took on its current name.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima
- Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver M.EP (March 22, 1965 - December 18, 1965)
Bishop of Nakhorn-Rajasima
- Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver MEP (December 18, 1965 - July 2, 1969)
Bishops of Nakhon Ratchasima
- Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver MEP (July 2, 1969 - May 30, 1977)
- Joachim Phayao Manisap (May 30, 1977 - November 30, 2006)
- Joseph Chusak Sirisut (since November 30, 2006)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 2,976 | 2,445,414 | 0.1 | 10 | 10 | 297 | 14th | 12 | |||
| 1980 | 4,395 | 3,671,000 | 0.1 | 15th | 5 | 10 | 293 | 13 | 26th | ||
| 1990 | 5,211 | 4,631,000 | 0.1 | 19th | 19th | 274 | 4th | 36 | 36 | ||
| 1999 | 5,332 | 5,050,570 | 0.1 | 25th | 22nd | 3 | 213 | 7th | 38 | 36 | |
| 2000 | 5,391 | 5,120,520 | 0.1 | 26th | 22nd | 4th | 207 | 8th | 38 | 26th | |
| 2001 | 5,204 | 5,168,436 | 0.1 | 25th | 22nd | 3 | 208 | 3 | 34 | 26th | |
| 2002 | 5,284 | 5,168,436 | 0.1 | 26th | 23 | 3 | 203 | 6th | 33 | 28 | |
| 2003 | 5,258 | 5,180,465 | 0.1 | 26th | 23 | 3 | 202 | 6th | 32 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 5,464 | 5,198,400 | 0.1 | 24 | 21st | 3 | 227 | 6th | 32 | 28 | |