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Diocese of Ratchaburi
Diœcesis Ratchaburensis
สังฆมณฑลราชบุรี
Location
Country
Thailand
Ecclesiastical province
Bangkok
Metropolitan
Bangkok
Statistics
Area
31,362 km2 (12,109 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2004) 2,327,381 15,730 (0.7%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Cathedral
Cathedral of Nativity of Our Lady in Amphoe Bang Khonthi
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Silvio Siripong Charatsri
Metropolitan Archbishop
Kriengsak Kovitvanit
Bishops emeritus
John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen
Map
Location of the Diocese of Ratchaburi
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Ratchaburi (Diœcesis Ratchaburensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลราชบุรี) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok in western central Thailand.
The diocese covers an area of 31,362 square kilometres (12,109 sq mi), covering four of the western provinces of Thailand: Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi, Kanchanaburi, and Samut Songkhram. As of 2001, of the 2.2 million citizens, 15,246 are members of the Catholic Church. It is divided into 17 parishes, having 71 priests altogether.
While the cathedral episcopal see dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady is at Bang Nok Khwaek, the diocesan center is in the town of Ratchaburi.
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