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The (Roman Catholic) Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng (''Archidioecesis Tharensis et Nonsengensis'', (タイ語:อัครสังฆมณฑลท่าแร่-หนองแสง); ) is located in the north-east of Thailand. It is based in Tha Rae, a subdistrict municipality (''thesaban tambon'') in the Mueang Sakon Nakhon district. The diocese covers an area of 25,477 km², covering four provinces of Thailand - Kalasin, Mukdahan, Nakhon Phanom and Sakon Nakhon. As of 2001, of the 3.1 million citizen 49,489 are member of the Catholic Church. It is divided into 30 parishes, having 51 priests altogether. By December 31, 2006, the archdiocese had 51,275 Catholics, 1.61 percent of the territory's population. 3 dioceses are suffragans of the archdiosese: * Nakhon Ratchasima * Ubon Ratchathani * Udon Thani ==History== The archdiocese dates back to the Vicariate Apostolic of Laos, which was established on May 4, 1899, responsible for all of northeast Thailand and the modern-day Laos. The seat of the vicariate was at Ban Nonseng, Nakhon Phanom Province. In 1938 the northern part was split off and formed the Prefecture Apostolic of Vientiane and Luang-Prabang. After the independence of Laos in 1949 the vicariate was split - on December 21, 1950 the Laotian part became the Prefecture Apostolic of Thakhek, while the Thai part became the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare. In 1960 it was renamed to Vicariate Apostolic of Thare and Nonseng, and became elevated to a diocese on December 18, 1965. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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