Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane
Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane Vicariatus Apostolicus Vientianensis ອັກຄະສາວົກແທນຂອງນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງ | |
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Location | |
Country | Laos |
Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 98,000 km2 (38,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2002) 1.5 million 11,120 (0.8%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Vientiane |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Vicar | Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun |
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The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Vientiane (
As an apostolic vicariate, it is a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, entitled to a titular bishop, and it is exempt, i.e., not part of any ecclesiastical province and instead directly dependent on the Holy See through the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Apostolic Vicariate's episcopal
Statistics
The vicariate covers 74,195 km² in the civil Laotian provinces of
As per 2014 it pastorally served 14,947 Catholics (0.7% of 2,216,558 total) in 23 parishes with 5 priests (1 diocesan, 4 religious) and 24 lay religious (4 brothers, 20 sisters).
History
The vicariate dates back to the
On March 13, 1952, it was elevated to an Apostolic vicariate and renamed Vientiane after its largest city, the Laotian national capital.
The northern part around Luang Prabang was split off on March 3, 1963, to establish the
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Vientiane and Luang-Prabang
- Giovanni Enrico Mazoyer, O.M.I. (1938-1952)
Apostolic Vicars of Vientiane
- Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. (1952-1975)
- Thomas Nantha (1975-1984)
- Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. (1984-2017)
- Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.D. (2017–present)
Coadjutor Bishop
- Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. (1982-1984)
Auxiliary Bishop
- Lionello Berti, O.M.I. (1962-1963), appointed Apostolic Vicar of Luang Prabang
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"Sacred Heart Church" in Vientiane.
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"Sacred Heart Church" in Vientiane.
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"Sacred Heart Church" in Vientiane.
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Laos
Sources and external links