Diocese of Loikaw
| Diocese of Loikaw | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Myanmar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Taunggyi Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Tjephe |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Sotero Phamo |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 11,670 km² |
| Parishes | 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 309.820 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 75,485 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 24.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 74 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 956 |
| Friars | 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 164 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
The Bistum Loikaw ( lat. : Dioecesis Loikavensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Loikaw .
history
The diocese of Loikaw was established on November 14, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Catholica Ecclesia from cessions of territory from the diocese of Taunggyi . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Taunggyi as a suffragan .
Bishops of Loikaw
- Sotero Phamo , 1988-2014
- Stephen Tjephe , since 2014