Diocese of Mawlamyine
Maulamyinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mawlamyine, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in Mon State, Myanmar, erected in 1993 from the Archdiocese of Yangon, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is Holy Family Cathedral in Mawlamyine.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 March 1993
- Latin
- Maulamyinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002192
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,771
- Population
- 2,621,889
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 299
- Extent
- 51,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Maurice Nyun Wai
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
Holy Family Cathedral, Mawlamyine stands in Mawlamyine, 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 Hpa-anHpa-an
- Diocese of PatheinPathein
- Diocese of PyayPyay
- Archdiocese of YangonYangon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Territory separated in 1993 from the Archdiocese of Yangon, which remains its metropolitan, formed the Diocese of Mawlamyine (Latin: Diocesis Maulamyinensis), one of the dioceses of the Catholic Church in Burma.
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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.