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The Sacred Heart Cathedral, ( th, อาสนวิหารพระหฤทัย) also called Chiang Mai Cathedral, is a Catholic Church located in
The Sacred Heart Cathedral, ( th, อาสนวิหารพระหฤทัย) also called Chiang Mai Cathedral, is a Catholic Church located in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
, Thailand. The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite.
History
The present church is the third structure that serves as the cathedral of the diocese, and was inaugurated on October 30, 1999. The first church dedicated to the Sacred Heart was built in 1931. A new and larger church was inaugurated on February 28, 1965 as the principal church of theDiocese of Chiang Mai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiang Mai (''Dioecesis Chiangmaiensis'', Thai: สังฆมณฑลเชียงใหม่) in northern Thailand is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok. Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana ...
(''Dioecesis Chiangmaiensis'', สังฆมณฑลเชียงใหม่), which was created in the same year by bull ''"Qui in fastigio"'' of Pope Paul VI.
Ancillary buildings
The Sacred Heart School and a kindergarten surround the church building, having been added in 1932.See also
* Roman Catholicism in Thailand * Sacred Heart Cathedral (disambiguation)References
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