Diocese of Mawlamyine
Diocese of Mawlamyine | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Myanmar |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Yangon |
Diocesan bishop | Raymond Saw Po Ray |
Vicar General | Joseph Saw Thein Khin |
founding | 1993 |
surface | 40,960 km² |
Parishes | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,417,313 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 10,312 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 0.7% |
Diocesan priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 397 |
Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Holy Family Cathedral |
The Bistum Mawlamyine ( lat. : Dioecesis Maulamyinensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mawlamyine .
history
The diocese Mawlamyine was established on March 22, 1993 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Yangon and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese. First Bishop was Raymond Saw Po Ray .