Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet
Savannakheten(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Savannakhet, Laos
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate covering 48,100 km2 of central Laos (Savannakhet, Khammouan and part of Bolikhamxai provinces), erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek in 1950, elevated to apostolic vicariate in 1958 and renamed Savannakhet in 1963. Its see remains in Thakhek, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Therese in Savannakhet. Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath serves as vicar apostolic.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 November 1963
- Latin
- Savannakheten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000457
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,565
- Population
- 1,325,966
- Catholic share
- 1.0%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 798
- Extent
- 48,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath
- Born
- 19 February 1957
- Birthplace
- Muang Phine
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 St Louis in Thakhek stands in Savannakhet, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Therese, Savannakhet.
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, Thakhek, B.P. 012, Khammouane, Laos
- Telephone
- [020]556.56.522
- [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].