Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taunggyi

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Archdiocese of Taunggyi

Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis
St. Josephs Cathedral Taunggyi.jpeg
St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi
Location
CountryFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province Taunggyi
Statistics
Area26,850 km2 (10,370 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,615,000
7,389 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established21 March 1961 (As Diocese of Taunggyi)
17 January 1998 (As Archdiocese of Taunggyi)
Cathedral St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Basilio Athai
Suffragans Diocese of Kengtung
Diocese of Loikaw
Diocese of Pekhon
Diocese of Taungngu

The Archdiocese of Taunggyi (Latin : Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Shan State of Myanmar. The dioceses of Kengtung, Loikaw, Pekhon and Taungngu are suffragans of the archdiocese. The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi.

Contents

The diocese of Taunggyi was created on March 21, 1961, by splitting from the diocese of Taungoo, and was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yangon. When the diocese was elevated to become an archdiocese and metropolitan see on January 17, 1998, Kentung (from Mandalay) and Loikaw and Taungoo (from Yangon) were assigned to the new ecclesiastical province. The Diocese of Pekhon was created on December 15, 2005, by splitting off the southern part of the archdiocese.

After the split, the archdiocese has 7,350 Catholics out of a total population of 1.5 million. It is subdivided into 12 parishes, and has a total number of 25 priests. It covers an area of 26,850 square kilometres (10,370 sq mi).

Bishops

Auxiliary bishops

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Matthias U Shwe was a Burmese Roman Catholic prelate who served in the present-day Archdiocese of Taunggyi for 36. He served as the auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taunggyi from 1979 to 1989 and the Bishop of Taunggyi from 1989 to 1998. When the Diocese of Taunggyi was elected to the status of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taunggyi on January 17, 1998, Matthias U Shwe became the Archbishop of Taunggyi. He continued to serve as Archbishop from 1998 until his retirement on April 12, 2015. He also served as the rector of St. Joseph's Catholic Major Seminary in Yangon and chairman of the Myanmar Episcopal Commission for the Laity.

References

  1. "Archbishop Matthias U Shwe [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

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