Apostolic Vicariate of

Savannakhet

Laos

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Savannakhet / 凱山豐威漢 (正體中文) / Savannakheten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1950.12.21: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Thakhek / Thakheken(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Laos)
1958.02.24: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Thakhek / Thakheken(sis) (Latin)
1963.11.26: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet / 凱山豐威漢 (正體中文) / Savannakheten(sis) (Latin)
1967.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pakse

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2010.01.09 – ...):

Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (67)

Titular Bishop of Lemfocta

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Savannakhet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (67)
(2010.01.09 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)
Titular Bishop of Lemfocta

Illum oportet crescere

Born:	1957.02.19 (Muang Phine, Laos)
Ordained Priest:	1986.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.10

Priest of Savannakhet (Laos) (1986.04.20 – 2010.01.09)

Titular Bishop of Lemfocta (2010.01.09 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (2010.01.09 – ...)

Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak
(1997.04.21 – 2009.07.14)

Born:	1933.02.24 (Laos)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.10.19
Died:	2009.07.14 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari (1997.04.21 – 2009.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (1997.04.21 – 2009.07.14)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany
(1975.07.10 – 1997.04.21)

Born:	1935 (Laos)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.24
Died:	1998.03.19 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (1975.07.10 – 1997.04.21)

Titular Bishop of Sfasferia (1975.07.10 – 1998.03.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia (1987 – 1995)

Bishop Pierre-Antonio-Jean Bach, M.E.P.
(1971.06.28 – 1975.07.10)

Born:	1932.07.29 (Commercy, France)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.10.10
Died:	2020.06.26 (Bangkok, Thailand † 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (1971.06.28 – 1975.07.10)

Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari (1971.06.28 – 2020.06.26)

Bishop Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P.
(1958.03.02 – 1969.10.10)

Born:	1904.02.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.25
Died:	1972.09.11 († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek (Laos) (1950.07.17 – 1958.03.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos) (1958.03.02 – 1969.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Tentyris (1958.03.02 – 1972.09.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Thakhek (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P.
(1950.07.17 – 1958.03.02)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Louis, Thakhek
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Therese, Savannakhet

Ubon Ratchathani (↙), Thare and Nonseng (←), Udon Thani (↖), Vientiane (↖), Vinh (↑), Hà Tĩnh (↗), Huê (→), Pakse (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 38,089 km²

Population: 11,469 Catholics (0.8% of 1,510,853 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 17 priests (11 diocesan, 6 religious), 55 religious (6 brothers, 49 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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