Suffragan diocese Kalay, Myanmar
Diocese of Kalay
Kalayen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northwestern Myanmar, erected on 22 May 2010 by bifurcating the Diocese of Hakha. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kalaymyo.
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- Established
- 2010
- Catholics
- 51,045
- Priests
- 39
- Territory
- 22,235 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
- Felix Lian Khen Thang
- Born
- 25 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Gam Ngai
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Mary, Kalaymyo stands in Kalay, 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
Pope Benedict XVI established the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalay on 22 May 2010 by bifurcating the Diocese of Hakha; it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mandalay. The diocese sits in the northwestern part of Myanmar (Burma), on the border with India, taking in some part of the Chin State and part of Sagaing Division, and is bounded by the diocese of Myitkyina on the Northeast, Mandalay on the East and Hakha on the South. Its 22 parishes are grouped into 4 vicariates or zones: Kalay, Khampat, Tiddim and Tonzang. The territory is mainly inhabited by the Zomi ethnic groups, also known as Chin.