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Archdiocese of Mandalay

Mandalayen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mandalay, Myanmar

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in central Myanmar, tracing to the Vicariate Apostolic of Central Burma (1866) and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. Its seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay, and its suffragans are Banmaw, Hakha, Kalay, Lashio and Myitkyina.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 January 1955
Latin
Mandalayen(sis)
Annuario code
001002136

The see in figures

Catholics
23,617
Population
15,000,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.2%
Priests
78
Catholics per priest
303
Extent
212,407 km²
Catholics per km²
0.1

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

Archbishop
Marco Tin Win

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mandalay stands in Mandalay, 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 Mandalay

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Central Myanmar is the home of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering about 212,407 square kilometres (82,011 sq mi): the southern part of Sagaing Region, almost the whole Mandalay Region and the eastern part of Magwe Region. Its suffragan dioceses are Myitkyina, Banmaw, Lashio and Hakha. Most of the Burmese people are Buddhist, with a few Muslims and Hindus, and the ethnic groups in the city include Myanmar, Kayin, Karen, Tamil and Chinese. Burmese is the language used across the diocesan territory.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.