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In a land area of 8,129.8 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the entire civil Provinces of Davao del Norte (except the Island Garden City of Samal, the southern portion of the Lasang River, a small portion of Davao City north of the Lasang River) and of Compostela Valley.Davao del...
Ratchaburi diocese was erected on December 18, 1965. The diocese has a total land area of 31,362 square kilometers. Its territory includes 4 provinces - Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi, Samut Songkhram. It is a suffragan diocese under the Ecclesiastical Province of Bangkok. The website...

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