Archdiocese of Tharé-Nonseng
Tharen(sis) et Nonsengen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tharé-Nonseng, Thailand
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for northeastern Thailand, erected in 1950 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare from the Vicariate Apostolic of Laos and elevated to archdiocese on 18 December 1965. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Tha Rae, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Anne in Nakhon Phanom; it heads Thailand's second ecclesiastical province.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1965
- Latin
- Tharen(sis) et Nonsengen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003216
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 44,078
- Population
- 3,171,478
- Catholic share
- 1.4%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 538
- Extent
- 25,477 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.7
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
- Archbishop
- Anthony Weradet Chaiseri
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. Michael the Archangel, Tha Rae stands in Tharé-Nonseng, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Anne, Nakhon Phanom.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Thare and Nonseng
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasima
- Diocese of Ubon RatchathaniUbon Ratchathani
- Diocese of Udon ThaniUdon Thani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s House, 326 Moo 2, Nittyo Rd., Thambon That Choengchum, Amphoe Muang, Sakon Nakhon 47000, Thailand
- Telephone
- [042]71.12.72; fax 71.22.23
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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].