Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani
Ubonratchathanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Latin rite diocese in northeastern Thailand, erected in 1953 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon from the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and elevated to a diocese in 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng, its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ubon Ratchathani.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1969
- Latin
- Ubonratchathanien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000033
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 26,242
- Population
- 7,785,113
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 750
- Extent
- 53,917 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
- Stephen Boonlert Phromsena
- Born
- 24 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Ban Sithan
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, Ubon Ratchathani stands in Ubon Ratchathani, 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 Thare and Nonseng
A suffragan of Thare and Nonseng.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Tharé-NonsengTharé-Nonseng
- Diocese of Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasima
- Diocese of Udon ThaniUdon Thani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, 498 Chayangkun Road, Ubon Ratchathani 34000, Thailand
- Telephone
- [045]31.34.39; fax 28.36.94
- [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].