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Archdiocese of Bangkok

Archidioecesis Bangkokensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 18 December 1965
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Thailand
  • Square Kilometers: 18,831 (7,273 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholic.or.th/
  • Mailing Address: 51 Catholic Mission, Charoenkrung Road 40, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
  • Telephone: (02)233.87.12
  • Fax: 237.10.33

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Siam
1662ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Siam (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}
10 September 1841Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Siam Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}
4 May 1899Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Laos (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
3 December 1924Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale} Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
30 June 1930Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Bangkok (Bajauri, Surat, and Srithamarat)
Diocese of Malacca (Patani and Phuket)
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Rajaburi (erected)
11 May 1944Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Bangkok (Trat, Chanthaburi, Rayong, Chonburi, Chachoengsao, Nakhon Nayok, and parts of Chachoengsao and Nakhon Nayok) Vicariate Apostolic of Chantaburi (erected)
17 November 1959Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Bangkok (Mehongson, Chiengmai, Chiengrai, Lunphun, Lampang, Nan, Phre, and Uttaradit) Prefecture Apostolic of Chieng-Mai (erected)
Archdiocese of Bangkok
18 December 1965ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Bangkok Archdiocese of Bangkok
9 February 1967Territory LostArchdiocese of Bangkok (Tak, Sukkotai, Phitsanulok, Kamphenghet, Pichit, Pechabum, Nakhorn-Sawan, Uthaithani, Chainat, Singbury, Lopbury, and Sarabury) Diocese of Nakhorn-Sawan (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
194928,7839,000,000.3%555552342198ap1951
Archdiocese of Bangkok
196945,5506,656,577.7%5229815628443929ap1971
198060,0007,816,000.8%467512149517646339ap1981
199066,96311,387,000.6%877716440819544545ap1991
199978,82512,001,721.7%1028118343021254147ap2000
200076,39113,065,565.6%1138119439323050049ap2001
200179,01512,000,000.7%1198820738123452051ap2002
200281,64612,398,000.7%1218720839222051651ap2003
200384,16012,241,377.7%1208620640821747051ap2004
200486,49312,471,646.7%1238620941322250451ap2005
2006111,51412,759,000.9%1288421252625248951ap2007
2012115,94513,226,721.9%1339322651327142054ap2013
2015118,65413,513,698.9%13510323849824742355ap2016
2018121,03913,748,261.9%1489224050425142455ap2019
2020122,09413,871,903.9%1409223252622441657ap2021
2022122,83913,787,346.9%1489224051122442059ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Siam
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 122, to Page 123
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Siam {Siam Orientale}
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 123
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Bangkok
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 17, Page 25, and Page 26
  • Archdiocese of Bangkok
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 552, to Page 554

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