Diocese of Kengtung
Kengtunghen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kengtung, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Shan State, Myanmar, which began as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kengtung in 1927, became an apostolic vicariate in 1950 and was elevated to a diocese in 1955. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Kengtung.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 January 1955
- Latin
- Kengtunghen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001831
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 58,000
- Population
- 1,028,000
- Catholic share
- 5.6%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 1,289
- Extent
- 45,856 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- John Saw Yaw Han
- Born
- 5 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Homalim
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 the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kengtung stands in Kengtung, 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 Taunggyi
A suffragan of Taunggyi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaunggyiTaunggyi
- Diocese of LoikawLoikaw
- Diocese of PekhonPekhon
- Diocese of TaungnguTaungngu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Kengtung (Lat: Diocesis Kengtunghensis) in Burma began in 1927 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kengtung, carved from territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Burma. The prefecture was raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1950, and in 1955 the vicariate became a full diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Taunggyi. As the Catholic population grew, the apostolic prefecture of Lashio was split off from Kengtung in 1975, later expanding into the Diocese of Lashio.
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].