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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pathein

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Country
  
Myanmar

Metropolitan
  
Yangon

Ecclesiastical province
  
Yangon

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
25,328 km (9,779 sq mi)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 4,992,080 71,908 (1.4%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pathein (Lat: Diocesis Patheinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma. The current bishop of the diocese is John Hsane Hgyi, appointed in 2003.

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History

The diocese was erected as the diocese of Bassein in 1955, from the vicariate apostolic of Rangoon, which eventually became the Archdiocese of Yangon.

In 1991, the name of the diocese was changed to the diocese of Pathein. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yangon.

Ordinaries

  • George Maung Kyaw † (1 Jan 1955 Appointed - 1968 Died)
  • Joseph Mahn Erie (16 Feb 1968 Appointed - 3 Jun 1982 Resigned)
  • Joseph Valerius Sequeira † (24 Jan 1986 Appointed - 22 Feb 1992 Retired)
  • John Gabriel † (22 Feb 1992 Succeeded - 16 Aug 1994 Died)
  • Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (13 Mar 1996 Appointed - 24 May 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Yangon)
  • John Hsane Hgyi (24 May 2003 Appointed - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Pathein Wikipedia
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