Diocese of Nakhon Sawan

Nakhonsauanen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Latin rite diocese in central-northern Thailand, erected on 9 February 1967 by separation from the Archdiocese of Bangkok, of which it remains a suffragan. Its seat is St. Anne's Cathedral in Nakhon Sawan.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 2 July 1969
Latin: Nakhonsauanen(sis)
Annuario code: 001002338

The see in figures

Catholics: 9,237
Population: 8,992,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.1%
Priests: 52
Catholics per priest: 178
Extent: 93,547 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.1

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: Paul Tawat Singsa
Born: 13 March 1966
Birthplace: Ban Mi

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

St. Anne's Cathedral, Nakhon Sawan stands in Nakhon Sawan, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.