UBON, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. - On 7 May 1953, the apostolic vicariate of Tharé (q.v.) in Thailand was divided with the erection of two independent ecclesiastical circumscriptions, namely the apostolic vicariate of U. and the apostolic prefecture of Udonthani (q.v.).
It was thus named from the city where the ordinary resides, which is a convenient centre, being the fourth city of Thailand, and has a flourishing Christianity. It comprises eight civil departments: Mahasarakham, Roiet, Surin, Sisaket, U., Kaiyaphum, Buriram, Khorat, with a total area of 87,000 sq. km. and a population of 4,020,058. The number of Catholics is about 10,905. The new vicariate was entrusted to the Paris Foreign Missions Society, while the remaining vicariate of Tharé was transferred to the Siamese secular clergy.
UCUYALI, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO di. - Indigenous "chunchos" awaiting reception by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
