Diocese of Chiang Rai, Thailand

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Chiang Rai / 清萊 (正體中文) / เมืองเชียงราย (ไทย) / Chiangraien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangkok

2018.04.25: Established as Diocese of Chiang Rai / 清萊 (正體中文) / เมืองเชียงราย (ไทย) / Chiangraien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chiang Mai and became suffragan of Bangkok)

Bishop (2018.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (72)

Bishops of Chiang Rai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (72)
(2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Chiang Rai (Thailand)

Priest of Bangkok (Thailand) (1980.08.03 – 2018.04.25)

Bishop of Chiang Rai (Thailand) (2018.04.25 – ...)

Area: 37,839 km²

Population: 25,220 Catholics (0.9% of 2,768,978 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 44 priests (6 diocesan, 38 religious), 96 religious (46 brothers, 50 sisters), 4 seminarians

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