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Apostolic Vicariate of

Savannakhet

Laos Laos

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate 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

Special Churches

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

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2010.01.09 – ...):Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (66)Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (66)

Titular Bishop of Lemfocta

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Savannakhet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (66)Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (66)
(2010.01.09 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)
Titular Bishop of Lemfocta

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

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 († 63)

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)

Statistics

Area: 38,089 km²

Population: 12,500 Catholics (0.8% of 1,503,605 total) (2020)

Statistics: 42 parishes, 16 priests (10 diocesan, 6 religious), 53 lay religious (6 brothers, 47 sisters), 15 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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