Suffragan diocese Banmaw, Myanmar
Diocese of Banmaw
Banmaven(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Kachin State, Myanmar, erected on 28 August 2006 by dividing the Diocese of Myitkyina. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Banmaw.
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 30,829
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 10,373 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Raymond Sumlut Gam
- Born
- 19 June 1953
- Birthplace
- Sadung
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Patrick, Banmaw stands in Banmaw, 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.
History
Located in Kachin State in northwestern Myanmar, the Diocese of Banmaw (Latin: Dioecesis Banmavensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mandalay. It came into being on August 26, 2006, when the southern part of the Diocese of Myitkyina was split off. On November 26 its first bishop, Raymond Sumlut Gam, was ordained, and Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio for Myanmar, raised St Patrick church to the rank of cathedral of the diocese.