Diocese of Myitkyina
Myitkyinaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Myitkyina, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in Kachin State, Myanmar, established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo in 1939 and elevated to the Diocese of Myitkyina on 21 February 1961. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, its seat is St. Columban's Cathedral in Myitkyina.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 February 1961
- Latin
- Myitkyinaën(sis)
- Patron
- St. Columban
- Annuario code
- 001002326
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 86,550
- Population
- 2,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.3%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 1,841
- Extent
- 26,120 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.3
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
- John Mung-ngawn La Sam
- Born
- 27 April 1973
- Birthplace
- Moe Gok
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
St. Columban's Cathedral, Myitkyina stands in Myitkyina, 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
A suffragan of Mandalay.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MandalayMandalay
- Diocese of BanmawBanmaw
- Diocese of HakhaHakha
- Diocese of KalayKalay
- Diocese of LashioLashio
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
What is now the Diocese of Myitkyina (Lat: Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis), a Latin Catholic diocese in Burma, was erected in 1939 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo, formed from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma. In 1961 the prefecture became a full diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mandalay. Francis Daw Tang, appointed in 2004, is the current bishop, and the diocese today manages numerous churches, schools and clinics throughout Kachin State.
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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.