Metropolitan Mandalay Rite Latin Rite Address Hakha, Myanmar (Burma) Country Myanmar (Burma) | Denomination Roman Catholic Established 21 November 1992 Area 27,516 km² | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
485,247
31,624 (6.5%) Cathedral Cathedral of St Joseph in Hakha Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay | ||
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Hakha (Latin: Dioecesis Hakhanensis, Burmese: ဟားခါးကက်သလစ်ခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းအုပ်ပိုင်သောနယ်) is located in the Chin State and the Sagaing Division in northwestern Myanmar. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Mandalay.
The diocese was created on November 21, 1992 by splitting off the territory from the archdiocese of Mandalay.
The diocese covers an area of 27,516 km². It is subdivided into 31 parishes. 31,624 of the 485,247 people in the area belong to the Catholic Church, 76% of the population belong to the Protestant church.
List of bishops
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakha Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA