{{Short description|Latin Catholic archdiocese in Thailand}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Archdiocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese --> | name = Bangkok | latin = Archidiœcesis Bangkokensis | local = อัครสังฆมณฑลกรุงเทพฯ | image = Assumption Cathedral Bangkok 2023-10 อาสนวิหารอัสสัมชัญ.jpg | image_size = 200 px | image_alt = | caption = [[Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok]] | coat = | coat_size = | coat_alt = | coat_caption = <!---- Locations ----> | country = {{flag|Thailand}} | territory = [[Bangkok]] | deaneries = | headquarters = | coordinates = {{Coord|13.4323|100.3054|type:landmark_region:TH|display=it}} <!---- Statistics ----> | area_km2 = 18,831 | area_footnotes = | population = 13,226,721<ref name=CathHierBangkok /> | population_as_of = 2012 | catholics = 115,945<ref name=CathHierBangkok /> | catholics_percent = 0.9 | parishes = 54<ref name=CathHierBangkok /> | churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --> | congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --> | schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --> | members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --> <!---- Information ----> | denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]] | rite = [[Roman Rite]] | established = December 18, 1965 | cathedral = [[Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok]] | cocathedral = | patron = | priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese --> <!---- Current leadership ----> | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --> | bishop = [[Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana]] | bishop_title = Archbishop | coadjutor = | suffragans = | auxiliary_bishops = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = | emeritus_bishops = [[Michael Michai Kitbunchu]]<br/>[[Kriengsak Kovitvanit|Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanij]] <!---- Map ----> | map = Thailand Diocese Bangkok.png | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = <!---- Website ----> | website = {{URL|http://www.catholic.or.th/eng/|catholic.or.th}} | footnotes = }}
The '''Archdiocese of Bangkok''' ({{langx|la|Archidiœcesis Bangkokensis}}, {{langx|th|อัครสังฆมณฑลกรุงเทพฯ}}) is a Latin Catholic [[archdiocese]] in [[Thailand]]. The bishop's seat is the [[Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok]].
== History == In 1662, the '''[[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Siam''' was created<ref name=CathHierBangkok>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbank.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Archdiocese of Bangkok"] retrieved November 8, 2015{{Self-published source|date=August 2016}}</ref><ref name=NJ1>{{Cite web |url=http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Vicariate_Apostolic_of_Siam |title=Vicariate Apostolic of Siam {{!}} Original Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2011-09-01 |archive-date=2012-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330161701/http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Vicariate_Apostolic_of_Siam |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=NJ2>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dbank|Archdiocese of Bangkok|21 January 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2016}}</ref> on territory split off from the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Cochinchina]], based in Vietnam. It was renamed the '''Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Siam'''<ref name=CathHierBangkok /><ref name=NJ1/> on 10 September 1841, having lost territory to establish the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Western Siam]]. On 5 May 1899 it lost more territory to establish the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Laos]].
It was renamed the '''Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok'''<ref name=CathHierBangkok /><ref name=NJ1/> on 3 December 1924.
It lost more territories: on 30 June 1930 to establish the [[Mission sui juris of Rajaburi]], on 11 May 1944 to establish the [[Diocese of Chanthaburi|Apostolic Vicariate of Chantaburi]] and on 17 November 1959 to establish the [[Diocese of Chiang Mai|Apostolic Prefecture of Chieng-Mai]]. All three of these have become its suffragans. On 18 December 1965, it was elevated to the rank of a [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan archdiocese]].<ref name=CathHierBangkok />
On 9 February 1967 it lost territory to establish the [[Diocese of Nakhon Sawan]] as its suffragan.
It was visited by [[Pope John Paul II]] in May 1984 and [[Pope Francis]] in November 2019.
== Extent == The archdiocese covers an area of 18,831 km<sup>2</sup>, and as of 2002 it is responsible for 81,646 Catholic Christians, 0.7% of the about 12 million living in the area. It covers the administrative provinces [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province|Ayutthaya]], Bangkok, [[Nakhon Pathom province|Nakhon Pathom]], [[Nonthaburi province|Nonthaburi]], [[Pathum Thani province|Pathum Thani]], [[Samut Prakan province|Samut Prakan]], [[Samut Sakhon province|Samut Sakhon]] and [[Suphan Buri province|Suphanburi]]; also the parts west of the [[Bang Pa Kong River]] of [[Chachoengsao province|Chachoengsao]] and [[Ban Na]] of [[Nakhon Nayok province District|Nakhon Nayok]] belong to the diocese.
== Ordinaries ==
===Apostolic Vicars of Siam=== * [[Louis Laneau]], [[Missions Etrangères de Paris|M.E.P.]] (1669–1696) * Louis Champion de Cicé, M.E.P (1700–1727) * Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, M.E.P. (1727–1736) * Jean de Lolière-Puycontat, M.E.P. (1738–1755) * [[Pierre Brigot]], M.E.P. (1755–1776), appointed Ecclesiastical Superior of the [[Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|Coromandel Coast]] (India) * [[Olivier-Simon Le Bon]], M.E.P. (1776–1780) * [[Joseph-Louis Coudé]], M.E.P. (1782–1785) * [[Arnaud-Antoine Garnault]], M.E.P. (1786–1811) * [[Esprit-Marie-Joseph Florens]], M.E.P. (1811–1834) * [[Jean-Paul Courvezy|Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy]], M.E.P. (1834–1841)
===Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Siam=== * [[Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix]], M.E.P. (1841–1862) * [[Aimé Dupond|Ferdinand-Aimé-Augustin-Joseph Dupond]], M.E.P. (1864–1872) * [[Jean-Louis Vey]], M.E.P. (1875–1909) * [[René Perros|René-Marie-Joseph Perros]], M.E.P. (1909–1924)
===Apostolic Vicars of Bangkok=== * René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. (1924–1947) * [[Louis Chorin|Louis-August-Clément Chorin]], M.E.P. (1947–1965) * Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo (1965)
===Archbishops of Bangkok=== * Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo (1965–1972) * Cardinal [[Michael Michai Kitbunchu]] (1972–2009) * Cardinal [[Kriengsak Kovitvanit|Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit]] (2009–2024) * [[Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana]] (2025-present)
===Coadjutor Bishops=== * Jean-Jacques Tessier de Quéralay, [[M.E.P.]] (1717–1727) * [[Pierre Brigot]], [[M.E.P.]] (1755) * Olivier-Simon Le Bon, M.E.P. (1764–1776) * [[Esprit-Marie-Joseph Florens]], [[M.E.P.]] (1810–1811) * [[Barthélemy Bruguière]], [[M.E.P.]] (1828–1831), appointed [[Archdiocese of Seoul|Apostolic Vicar of Korea]] * Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy, [[M.E.P.]] (1832–1834) * Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, [[M.E.P.]] (1838–1841) * Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo (1963–1965)
== Province == Its [[ecclesiastical province]] comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and these six [[suffragan]] bishoprics : * [[Diocese of Chanthaburi]] * [[Diocese of Chiang Mai]] * [[Diocese of Chiang Rai]] * [[Diocese of Nakhon Sawan]] * [[Diocese of Ratchaburi]] * [[Diocese of Surat Thani]]
== See also == * [[Christianity in Thailand]] * [[Catholic Church in Thailand]] * [[List of Catholic dioceses in Thailand]] * [[List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)#Episcopal Conference of Thailand|List of Catholic dioceses (structured_view)-Episcopal Conference of Thailand]] * [[Immaculate Conception Church, Bangkok]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.catholic.or.th}} {{in lang|th}} * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bang1.htm GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links]
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