Diocese of Banmaw
Banmaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Banmaw, Myanmar
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 August 2006
- Latin
- Banmaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000820
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,829
- Population
- 341,693
- Catholic share
- 9.0%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 1,028
- Extent
- 10,373 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Raymond Sumlut Gam
- Born
- 19 June 1953
- Birthplace
- Sadung
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Mandalay
A suffragan of Mandalay.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MandalayMandalay
- Diocese of HakhaHakha
- Diocese of KalayKalay
- Diocese of LashioLashio
- Diocese of MyitkyinaMyitkyina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].