Diocese of Pathein
| Diocese of Pathein | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Myanmar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Yangon |
| Diocesan bishop | John Hsane Hgyi |
| Vicar General | Maurice Nyunt Wai |
| founding | 1955 |
| surface | 25,328 km² |
| Parishes | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 5,221,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 67,570 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 994 |
| Friars | 43 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 135 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.patheindiocese.com/ |
The Bistum Pathein ( lat. : Dioecesis Patheinensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Pathein .
history
The diocese of Pathein was on January 1, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Rangoon as the bishopric of Bassein . On October 8, 1991, the Bassein diocese was renamed the Pathein diocese .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Yangon as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Bassein
- George Maung Kyaw , 1955-1968
- Joseph Mahn Erie , 1968–1982
- Joseph Valerius Sequeira , 1986-1991
Bishops of Pathein
- Joseph Valerius Sequeira, 1991-1992
- John Gabriel , 1992-1994
- Charles Maung Bo SDB , 1996-2003, then Archbishop of Yangon
- John Hsane Hgyi , since 2003