Diocese of Hpa-an
Hpaanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hpa-an, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in Kayin State, Myanmar, erected on 24 January 2009 from the Archdiocese of Yangon, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Hpa-an.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 2009
- Latin
- Hpaanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001612
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 8,771
- Population
- 1,196,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 365
- Extent
- 30,164 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stanislaus Min Ko
- Born
- 1 February 1973
- Birthplace
- Okpo Township
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Hpa-an stands in Hpa-an, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Yangon
A suffragan of Yangon.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MawlamyineMawlamyine
- Diocese of PatheinPathein
- Diocese of PyayPyay
- Archdiocese of YangonYangon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Hpa-An, Kayin State, the Catholic Church maintains the Diocese of Hpa-an (Lat: Diocesis Hpaanensis), a Latin Catholic diocese erected on January 24, 2009 out of the Archdiocese of Yangon. Its current bishop is Stanislaus Min Ko, who on 26 March 2026 succeeded Justin Saw Min Thide, the diocese's first bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.