Taunggyi Archdiocese
| Taunggyi Archdiocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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.
