Apostolic Vicariate of Paksé
Paksen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Paksé, Laos
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in southern Laos with its see at Pakse, erected in 1967. Bishop Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa, appointed by Pope Francis on May 31, 2022, is the second indigenous vicar apostolic of Pakse, after Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun. He has also served as Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1967
- Latin
- Paksen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000433
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,445
- Population
- 1,484,186
- Catholic share
- 1.4%
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 2,681
- Extent
- 59,210 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa
- Born
- 5 August 1972
- Birthplace
- Paksé
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pakse stands in Paksé, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Centre Catholique, P.O. Box 77 Paksé, Champasak, Laos
- Telephone
- [031]21.28.79; fax 25.14.39
- [email protected]
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What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].