Apostolic vicariate Luang Prabang, Laos
Apostolic Vicariate of Luang Prabang
Luangen(sis) Prabangen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in northern Laos, split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane on March 1, 1963, covering six northern provinces. The see has been vacant since 1975 and entrusted to apostolic administrators; Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei, has served as apostolic administrator since November 30, 2019. Its former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Luang Prabang has been secularized, leaving the vicariate without a cathedral.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 2,410
- Priests
- 3
- Territory
- 83,700 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun
- Born
- 5 April 1944
- Birthplace
- Bonha-Louang
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The cathedral
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción stands in Luang Prabang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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