Diocese of

Chiang Rai

Rite: Roman (Latin)

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangkok

Bishop (2018.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (71)

Bishops of Chiang Rai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Vuthilert Haelom (71)
(2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Chiang Rai (Thailand)

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

Area: 37,839 km²

Population: 25,596 Catholics (0.9% of 2,808,782 total) (2020)

Statistics: 21 parishes, 38 priests (7 diocesan, 31 religious), 89 lay religious (39 brothers, 50 sisters), 4 seminarians (2020)

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)

Last updated on 2023.02.25