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)
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of
Surat Thani
Surat Thani ( th, สุราษฎร์ธานี, ) is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It lies south of Bangkok. It is the capital of Surat Thani Province. The city has a population of 1 ...
(''Diœcesis Suratthanensis'', th, สังฆมณฑลสุราษฎร์ธานี) in southern
Thailand
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was founded in 1969, when it was split off from the
Diocese of Ratchaburi by the papal bull ''Qui Regno Christi''. It is a suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Bangkok. The area of Surat Thani was evangelized by the
Salesians of Don Bosco
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in the 1930s.
The diocese covers an area of 76,562 km², covering all of the southern
provinces of Thailand
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, including
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Prachuap Khiri Khan ( th, ประจวบคีรีขันธ์, ) is a town in western Thailand. It is the capital of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province and is on the coast at one of the narrowest stretches in Thailand, only from the border ...
as its northernmost province. As of 2001, of its nine million citizens, 6,682 or 0.1% are members of the Catholic Church. The diocese is divided into 39 parishes, which are grouped by four regions.
Bishops
*
Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil,
S.D.B.: appointed October 9, 2004
*
Michael Praphon Chaicharoen
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People
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* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
, S.D.B.: June 21, 1988 - May 20, 2003 (died)
*
Pietro Luigi Carretto
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, S.D.B.: June 26, 1969 - June 21, 1988 (retired)
Cathedral
The ''
St. Raphael Cathedral'' (Thai: อาสนวิหารอัครเทวดาราฟาแอล) is in the town of Surat Thani at . The church was built in 1962, and became a cathedral when the diocese was established in 1969.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Thailand
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References
External links
Official site
Surat Thani
Surat Thani
Surat Thani ( th, สุราษฎร์ธานี, ) is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It lies south of Bangkok. It is the capital of Surat Thani Province. The city has a population of 1 ...
Surat Thani
Surat Thani ( th, สุราษฎร์ธานี, ) is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It lies south of Bangkok. It is the capital of Surat Thani Province. The city has a population of 1 ...
1969 establishments in Thailand
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