Diocese of Ratchaburi
Ratchaburen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ratchaburi, Thailand
Latin rite diocese in western Thailand, begun in 1930 as the Mission sui iuris of Rajaburi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok, raised through prefecture (1934) and vicariate (1941) to a diocese in 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, its seat is the Nativity of Our Lady Cathedral in Bang Nok Khwaek, Samut Songkhram Province.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1969
- Latin
- Ratchaburen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002725
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,730
- Population
- 2,327,381
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 222
- Extent
- 31,362 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Silvio Siripong Charatsri
- Born
- 10 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Ban Nok Kwaek
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
Nativity of Our Lady Cathedral, Bang Nok Khwaek stands in Ratchaburi, 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 MaiChiang Mai
- Diocese of Chiang RaiChiang Rai
- Diocese of Nakhon SawanNakhon Sawan
- Diocese of Surat ThaniSurat Thani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].