Diocese of

Ubon Ratchathani

Thailand

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ubon Ratchathani / สังฆมณฑลอุบลราชธานี (ไทย) / 烏汶叻差他尼 (正體中文) / Ubonratchatanien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Thare and Nonseng

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1953.05.07: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ubon / Ubonen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Thare)
1965.03.22: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Nakhorn-Rajasima
1965.12.18: Promoted as Diocese of Ubon / Ubonen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Thare and Nonseng)
1969.07.02: Renamed as Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani / สังฆมณฑลอุบลราชธานี (ไทย) / 烏汶叻差他尼 (正體中文) / Ubonratchatanien(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.02 – ...):

Bishop Stephen Boonlert Phromsena (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ubon Ratchathani (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Boonlert Phromsena (64)
(2023.12.02 – ...)

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Born:	1960.02.24 (Ban Sithan, Thailand)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.24

Priest of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (1987.05.08 – 2023.12.02)

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (2023.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.SS.R. (79)
(2006.03.25 – 2023.12.02)

Bishop emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand)

Born:	1945.01.30 (Chang Ming, Thailand)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.27

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (2006.03.25 – 2023.12.02)

Bishop Michael Bunluen Mansap
(1976.05.21 – 2006.03.25)

Born:	1929.04.02 (Watpleng, Thailand)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.08.12
Died:	2010.12.02 († 81)

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (1976.05.21 – 2006.03.25)

Bishop Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P.
(1970.04.09 – 1976.05.21)

Born:	1923.03.22 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.07.17
Died:	1994.02.22 († 70)

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (1970.04.09 – 1976.05.21)

Bishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P.
(1969.07.02 – 1969.08.13)

Born:	1900.02.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1925.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.10.03
Died:	1990.08.19 († 90)

Vicar Apostolic of Laos (Thailand) (1947.04.10 – 1950.12.21)

Titular Bishop of Cidyessus (1947.04.10 – 1965.12.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Thare (Thailand) (1950.12.21 – 1953.03.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Ubon (Thailand) (1953.03.07 – 1965.12.18)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1964 – 1970)

Bishop of Ubon (Thailand) (1965.12.18 – 1969.07.02)

Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) (1969.07.02 – 1969.08.13)

Titular Bishop of Mascula (1969.08.13 – 1970.12.22)

Bishops of Ubon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P.
(1965.12.18 – 1969.07.02)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Ubon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P.
(1953.03.07 – 1965.12.18)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani

Bătdâmbâng (↙), Nakhon Ratchasima (←), Udon Thani (↖), Thare and Nonseng (↑), Savannakhet (↗), Pakse (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 53,917 km²

Population: 24,668 Catholics (0.3% of 7,825,099 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (34 diocesan, 1 religious), 138 religious (4 brothers, 134 sisters), 18 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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