Diocese of Udon Thani
Udonthanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Udon Thani, Thailand
Latin rite diocese in northeastern Thailand, created on 7 May 1953 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Udon Thani from the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and elevated to a diocese on 18 December 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Udon Thani.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1969
- Latin
- Udonthanien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000036
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,822
- Population
- 5,371,000
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 267
- Extent
- 50,046 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Joseph Luechai Thatwisai
- Born
- 2 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Phonsung
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 Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Udon Thani stands in Udon Thani, 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 Ubon RatchathaniUbon Ratchathani
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, 62/5 Moo 5, Lueang Muang Road, Tambon Nong Bua Amphoe, Mueang, Udon Thani, 41000 Thailand
- Telephone
- [042]211.449.50
- [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].