Diocese of Kalay
Diocese of Kalay | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Myanmar |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mandalay |
Diocesan bishop | Felix Lian Khen Thang |
founding | 2010 |
surface | 22,235 km² |
Parishes | 20 (2010) |
Residents | 1,373,918 (2010) |
Catholics | 49,165 (2010) |
proportion of | 3.6% |
Diocesan priest | 26 (2010) |
Catholics per priest | 1,891 |
Religious sisters | 84 (2010) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary |
The Bistum Kalay ( lat. : Dioecesis Kalayensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kalay .
history
The diocese of Kalay was on May 22, 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Hakha and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mandalay as a suffragan . First Bishop was Felix Lian Khen Thang .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Diocese of Kalay (Myanmar) e nomina del primo Vescovo , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of 22 May, 2010.
- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Ad aptius , AAS 102 (2010), n.8, p. 442s.