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Diocese of Mawlamyine

Maulamyinen(sis)

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:

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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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.