Diocese of Chiang Mai
Chiangmaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chiang Mai, Thailand
Latin rite diocese in northern Thailand, erected in 1959 as an apostolic prefecture and elevated to a diocese in 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Chiang Mai.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1969
- Latin
- Chiangmaien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001121
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,913
- Population
- 3,025,649
- Catholic share
- 1.7%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 1,083
- Extent
- 48,013 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
- Peter Suphot Roeksujarit
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, Chiang Mai stands in Chiang Mai, 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 ChanthaburiChanthaburi
- 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
Northern Thailand's Diocese of Chiang Mai (Dioecesis Chiangmaiensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลเชียงใหม่) is a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, with Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana appointed as its leader. Four northern provinces make up its territory: Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Lamphun, and Lampang (except Ngao District), a land area of 48,013 square kilometers holding a total population of 5,709,443.
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].