Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon

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Archdiocese of Yangon

Archidioecesis Yangonensis
Yangon St Marys Cathedral 2017.jpg
Location
Country Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province Yangon
Statistics
Area68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 14,050,000
  • 76,283 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Yangon
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Charles Maung Bo
Suffragans Diocese of Hpa-an
Diocese of Mawlamyine
Diocese of Pathein
Diocese of Pyay
Auxiliary Bishops Noel Saw Naw Aye
Francis Than Htun
Raymond Wai Lin Htun

The Archdiocese of Yangon (Latin : Archidioecesis Yangonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Myanmar. Charles Bo, SDB was appointed Archbishop of Yangon by Pope John Paul II on May 24, 2003.

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History

The diocese was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Burma by Pope Pius IX on November 27, 1866, and renamed as the Southern Burma on July 19, 1870 and later as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon on May 7, 1953. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on January 1, 1955, with the suffragan sees of Mawlamyine, Pathein, Pyay and Hpa-an which was newly erected on 24 January 2009. Pope John Paul II renamed it as the Archdiocese of Yangon on October 8, 1991.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral.

IncumbentTerm StartTerm FinishNotes
Paul Ambroise Bigandet MEP 12 August 187013 March 1894Died
Alexandre Cardot MEP 19 March 189418 October 1925Died
Félix-Donatien Perroy MEP 18 October 192510 April 1931Died
Frédéric-Marie Provost MEP 10 April 193127 September 1952Died
Victor Bazin MEP 7 May 195319 June 1971Resigned
Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby 19 June 197130 September 2002Retired
Charles Maung Bo SDB 22 November 2003

Statistics

As of 16 July 2007 there are 83 priests and 312 religious in the archdiocese. [1]

Footnotes

  1. Vatican Information Service July 17, 2007

See also

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