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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
41,148 km²

Bishop
  
Joseph Chusak Sirisut

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Thailand

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 5,200,000 5,429 (0.1%)

Cathedral
  
Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Nakhon Ratchasima

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Louis Chamniern Santisukniram

The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima (Dioecesis Nakhonratchasimaensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลนครราชสีมา) is located in the north-east of Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng.

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The diocese covers an area of 41,148 km², covering 3 provinces of Thailand - Buriram, Chaiyaphum and Nakhon Ratchasima. As of 2001, of the 5.1 million citizen 5,204 are member of the Catholic Church. It is divided into 28 parishes, having 27 priests altogether.

History

The diocese was created on March 22, 1965, when the Vicariate Apostolic of Ubon was split. December 18, 1965 the Vicariate Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima was elevated to a diocese.

Cathedral

The cathedral of the diocese is the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral (อาสนวิหารแม่พระประจักษ์ที่เมืองลูร์ด), located in the town Nakhon Ratchasima.14°58′24″N 102°4′42″E

Bishops

  • Joseph Chusak Sirisut: appointed November 30, 2006
  • Joachim Phayao Manisap: May 30, 1977 - November 30 2006 (resigned)
  • Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P: March 22, 1965 - May 30, 1977 (resigned)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakhon Ratchasima Wikipedia