Diocese of Loikaw
Loikaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Loikaw, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese covering Kayah State, Myanmar, erected on 14 November 1988 from the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 1988
- Latin
- Loikaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002035
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,083
- Population
- 301,187
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 20.6%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 609
- Extent
- 11,670 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.3
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
- Celso Ba Shwe
- Born
- 22 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Momblo
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
Christ the King Cathedral, Loikaw stands in Loikaw, 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 Taunggyi
A suffragan of Taunggyi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaunggyiTaunggyi
- Diocese of KengtungKengtung
- Diocese of PekhonPekhon
- Diocese of TaungnguTaungngu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1988 from the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, the Diocese of Loikaw (Lat: Diocesis Loikavensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Burma and remains a suffragan of that parent see.
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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.