page_title: Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane
hierarchical_section_title: Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane
caption_attribution_description: English: Catholic Church "Sacre Coeur" (built 1928), Vientiane, Laos. Deutsch: Katholische Kirche "Sacre Coeur" (erb. 1928), Vientiane, Laos.
context_page_description: The Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church located in northern Laos.
  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 cathedral see is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Vientiane, one of the country's largest churches. Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun is its apostolic vicar.
context_section_description: The Apostolic Vicariate (or Vicariate Apostolic) of Vientiane (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Vientianensis) is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church located in northern Laos.
  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 cathedral see is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Vientiane, one of the country's largest churches. Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun is its apostolic vicar.
caption: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
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