Diocese of Nakhon Sawan
| Diocese of Nakhon Sawan | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangkok |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai |
| founding | February 9, 1967 |
| surface | 93,547 km² |
| Parishes | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 9,296,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 16,476 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 392 |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 76 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Thai |
| cathedral | St. Anna |
| Website | http://www.nscatholic.org |
The diocese of Nakhon Sawan ( lat. : Dioecesis Nakhonsauanensis , Thai : สังฆมณฑล นครสวรรค์ ) is in Thailand situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nakhon Sawan .
history
The diocese of Nakhon Sawan was founded on February 9, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Officii Nostri from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Bangkok as the Diocese of Nakhorn-Sawan and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bangkok as a suffragan . The diocese of Nakhorn-Sawan was renamed on July 2, 1969 in the Diocese of Nakhon Sawan .
It includes the provinces of Chai Nat , Kamphaeng Phet , Lop Buri , Nakhon Sawan , Saraburi , Sukhothai , Tak , Uthai Thani and Uttaradit .
Ordinaries
- Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer MEP , 1967–1969
- Joseph Banchong Aribarg , 1976-1998
- Louis Chamniern Santisukniram , 1998–2005, then Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng
- Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit , 2007–2009, then Archbishop of Bangkok
- Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai , since 2009
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Officii Nostri , AAS 59 (1967), n.8, p. 533f.