Diocese of Pyay
Diocese of Pyay | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Myanmar |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Yangon |
Diocesan bishop | Alexander Pyone Cho |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Gregory Taik Maung |
founding | 1940 |
surface | 25,328 km² |
Parishes | 20 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 9,028,000 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 24,300 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 0.3% |
Diocesan priest | 25 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 972 |
Friars | 2 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 74 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | St. Paul's Cathedral |
The Bistum Pyay ( lat. : Dioecesis Pyayensis ) is an in Myanmar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Pyay .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Akyab on July 9, 1940 from cession of the diocese of Chittagong . On September 19, 1957, it took the name Prome Apostolic Prefecture .
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum in iis she was raised on February 21, 1961 to the rank of diocese, which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Rangoon as a suffragan . On October 8, 1991, the diocese took its current name.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Akyab
- Thomas Albert Newman MS (July 12, 1940-19 September 1957)
- Thomas Albert Newman MS (September 19, 1957– February 21, 1961)
Bishops of Prome
- Thomas Albert Newman MS (February 21, 1961– October 2, 1975)
- Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe (October 2, 1975– October 8, 1991)
Bishops of Pyay
- Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe (October 8, 1991– December 3, 2010)
- Alexander Pyone Cho (since December 3, 2010)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1950 | 3,319 | 1,200,828 | 0.3 | 13 | 13 | 255 | 6th | 6th | |||
1970 | 8,990 | 1,750,000 | 0.5 | 9 | 1 | 8th | 998 | 8th | 14th | 4th | |
1980 | 12,373 | 3,200,000 | 0.4 | 8th | 8th | 1,546 | 3 | 45 | 13 | ||
1990 | 17,500 | 5,930,000 | 0.3 | 17th | 17th | 1,029 | 4th | 59 | 20th | ||
1999 | 22,200 | 8,378,700 | 0.3 | 22nd | 22nd | 1.009 | 2 | 62 | 20th | ||
2000 | 22,900 | 8,500,000 | 0.3 | 26th | 26th | 880 | 2 | 69 | 20th | ||
2001 | 23,300 | 8,700,000 | 0.3 | 26th | 26th | 896 | 2 | 72 | 20th | ||
2002 | 23,718 | 8,755,000 | 0.3 | 25th | 25th | 948 | 2 | 72 | 20th | ||
2003 | 24,000 | 8,880,000 | 0.3 | 25th | 25th | 960 | 2 | 74 | 20th | ||
2004 | 24,300 | 9,028,000 | 0.3 | 25th | 25th | 972 | 2 | 74 | 20th |