Diocese of Chanthaburi
Chanthaburien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chanthaburi, Thailand
Latin rite diocese in eastern Thailand, split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok in 1944 and elevated to a diocese in 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Chanthaburi, the largest Catholic church in Thailand.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1969
- Latin
- Chanthaburien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001110
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,149
- Population
- 4,445,881
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 100
- Catholics per priest
- 371
- Extent
- 34,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Bishop
- Philip Adisak Phorn-ngam
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 Immaculate Conception, Chanthaburi stands in Chanthaburi, 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.
The province of Bangkok
A suffragan of Bangkok.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BangkokBangkok
- Diocese of Chiang MaiChiang Mai
- Diocese of Chiang RaiChiang Rai
- Diocese of Nakhon SawanNakhon Sawan
- Diocese of RatchaburiRatchaburi
- Diocese of Surat ThaniSurat Thani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern central Thailand falls under the Diocese of Chanthaburi (Dioecesis Chanthaburiensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลจันทบุรี), a Latin Catholic jurisdiction suffragan to the archdiocese of Bangkok. Its 34,000 km2 take in the provinces of Chanthaburi, Chonburi, Prachinburi, Rayong, Sa Kaeo and Trat, together with the parts of Chachoengsao east of the Bang Pa Kong River and Nakhon Nayok apart from the district Ban Na. Of the 4.4 million citizens, 38,918 were Catholics as of 2009, organized into 42 parishes served by 112 priests in all.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].