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  2. Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane - Wikipedia

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    The vicariate covers 74,195 km² in the civil Laotian provinces of Houaphan, Xiangkhoang, Vientiane Province, Vientiane Prefecture and most of Bolikhamsai.. 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).

  3. Catholic Church in Laos - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church's activities were more circumscribed in the north, [3] where there were four bishops, two located in Vientiane and others located in the cities of Thakhek and Pakse. One of the two bishops resident in Vientiane oversaw the Vientiane Diocese and was responsible for the central part of the country while the second bishop ...

  4. Religion in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Lao Buddhism belongs to the Theravada tradition. [9] Theravada Buddhism is also the dominant school in neighboring Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. [5] That Luang, a Lao-style stupa, is the most sacred Buddhist monument in Laos and the location of the nationally important festival and fair in November. [6]

  5. Christianity in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Christianity is a minority religion in Laos.. In 2015, Christians in Laos numbered 200,000 to 210,000, with 50,000–60,000 thousand for Catholics and 150,000 for Protestants, based on rough estimates conducted by LFND. [1]

  6. Laos - Wikipedia

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    Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and most populous city is Vientiane.

  7. Laotian Chams - Wikipedia

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    A small number of Chams live in the Laotian capital, Vientiane, [citation needed] also in Champasak, near the Thailand and Cambodian borders. [1]In fact, the relationship between the Chams and Laos has existed since the founding of the city-state of Champa, especially during the end of the Champa reign before finally being completely destroyed by Đại Việt especially in the 14th to 15th ...

  8. Seven churches of Asia - Wikipedia

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    According to Revelation 1:11, on the island of Patmos in the far east of the Aegean Sea, Jesus instructed John of Patmos to "[w]rite in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

  9. Wat Xieng Thong - Wikipedia

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    Vat Xieng Thong is located in Luang Prabang, Laos. [ 2 ] : 83 Luang Prabang means "the place of the Buddha," for the sacred image of Buddha from which kings would derive their divine right. [ 1 ] : 248 The city is between the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers, and according to UNESCO, contains some of "the most sophisticated Buddhist temples in ...