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By THA SC


Sampran, Thailand, 19 May 2019 -- Salesian confreres and members of the Salesian Family joined in the Eucharistic Celebration at the inauguration of the 350th anniversary of the apostolic vicariate of Siam Mission [1669 - 2019 A.D.] on the 18th of May 2019. His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples was the main celebrant. The celebration was held at St Pope John Paul II hall located within St. Joseph Upatham School, Sampran, Nakorn Pathom.


The first Catholic missionaries who travelled to the Far East during the 16th century were under Portuguese patronage.


Dominican missionaries were the first to arrive in the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, one of several kingdoms that had at one stage made up today’s Thailand. That was in 1567 when the kingdom was ruled by King Mahathammaraj.


The Dominicans were later followed by Franciscan missionaries and the Jesuits. However, their religious congregations were still under the Portuguese patronage system known as the Padroado that restricted the pope’s authority over them.


In 1622 the Vatican established Propaganda Fide (also known as The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) in order to manage mission areas independently of the Portuguese Padroado and to reclaim papal authority over missions.


Almost four decades later, after depending on existing religious congregations for work in these missions, in 1659 Propaganda Fide ordered the establishment of new missionary group to work independently of the Padroado and directly under the Vatican. The Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP) was formed in 1663 as an answer to this order of the Propaganda Fide.


Since the foundation of Mission de Siam in 1669, MEP missionaries, with the support of other religious congregations, led evangelization efforts in Thailand and other parts of Asia.


The Salesian missionaries first arrived in Thailand on the 27th of August 1927, with the first two confreres - Fr John Cassetta and Cleric George Bainotti, who travelled from Macau, China. They stayed in Bangnokkhuek, Samut Songkram Province. After this, there were many other groups of Salesian missionaries. At that time, the Salesians were asked to the pastoral care of Ratchaburi Diocese and related areas with Bishop Gaetano Pasotti, SDB as the first bishop. The Salesians had the role of laying the foundations for the Dioceses of Ratchaburi and Surat Thani by looking after the churches, building up the Catholic faithful, forming the seminarians and preparing the diocesan clergy. Aside from these, during the second world war, Bishop Pasotti received also the duty to take care of the Diocese of Laos. He also proceeded with the examination of the martyrdom of the seven Catholics of Baan Song Khon, Mukdaharn Province.


At present, the Salesians still see to the pastoral care of many centres in Surat Thani Diocese which is under the leadership of Bishop Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, SDB. The Salesians also serve the Catholic Church through the education of poor youth and the pastoral care of the faithful in various churches, in the dioceses of Bangkok, Ratchaburi, Surat Thani, Udon Thani and Chiangmai.


On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Mission of Siam, we can witness their success through the development of the Catholic Church in Thailand.


As of 2018, there are 379,975 Catholics in Thailand, a figure that represents 0.46 percent of the total population of 69 million. There are 11 dioceses with 436 parishes and 662 priests in Thailand.




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