Diocese of Myitkyina
| Diocese of Myitkyina | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Myanmar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mandalay |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Daw Tang |
| Vicar General | Lucas Dau Hkawng |
| founding | 1939 |
| surface | 67,627 km² |
| Parishes | 18 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,042,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 78,956 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 7.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,256 |
| Friars | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 90 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Columban's Cathedral |
The Bistum Myitkyina ( lat. : Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Myitkyina .
history
The Diocese of Myitkyina was founded on January 5, 1939 by Pope Pius XI. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma as the Apostolic Prefecture of Myitkyina . On February 21, 1961, the Apostolic Prefecture of Myitkyina by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quod sacrum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mandalay as a suffragan . The Diocese of Myitkyina gave on August 28, 2006 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Banmaw .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Myitkyina
- Patrizio Usher SSCME , 1939-1958
- John James Howe SSCME, 1959-1961
Bishops of Myitkyina
- John James Howe SSCME, 1961-1976
- Paul Zingtung Grawng , 1976–2003, then Archbishop of Mandalay
- Francis Daw Tang , since 2004
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Myitkyina on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 9, 2011.