Diocese of Surat Thani
| Diocese of Surat Thani | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangkok |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Prathan Sridanusil SDS |
| founding | June 26, 1969 |
| surface | 76,562 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 9,717,595 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 7,780 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 166 |
| Friars | 66 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 111 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Thai |
| cathedral | St. Raphael |
| Website | www.catsurat.org |
The Diocese of Surat Thani ( Latin : Dioecesis Suratthanensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Thailand .
The diocese was founded in 1969 by dividing the Ratchaburi diocese and is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bangkok as a suffragan . It covers the entire south of Thailand up to and including the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan on the Isthmus of Kra . The region was evangelized by the Don Bosco Salesians who arrived here in 1930.
List of bishops
- 1969–1988: Pietro Luigi Carretto SDB
- 1988–2003: Michael Praphon Chaicharoen SDB
- 2004-to-date: Joseph Prathan Sridanusil SDB