Taunggyi Archdiocese
Taunggyi Archdiocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Myanmar |
Diocesan bishop | Basilio Athai |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Matthias U Shwe |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 26,850 km² |
Parishes | 18 ( AP2005 ) |
Residents | 1,736,875 ( AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 47,886 ( AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 2.8% |
Diocesan priest | 53 ( AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 3 ( AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 855 |
Friars | 33 ( AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 121 ( AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
address | Bayintnaung Rd.Taunggyi 06011 Myanmar |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kengtung Diocese of Loikaw Diocese of Pekhon Diocese of Taungngu |
The Archdiocese of Taunggyi ( Latin : Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Taunggyi , Myanmar .
history
The Archdiocese was founded on March 21, 1961 as the Diocese of Taunggyi (Latin Taunggyiensis ), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yangon from the Diocese of Toungoo by Pope John XXIII. founded; first bishop was John Baptist Gobbato PIME . Pope John Paul II raised the diocese to an archbishopric on January 17, 1998.