Diocese of Lashio
Lashioën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lashio, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in northern Shan State, Myanmar, established as an apostolic prefecture on 20 November 1975 and elevated to a diocese on 7 July 1990. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Lashio.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1990
- Latin
- Lashioën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001963
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,998
- Population
- 2,300,000
- Catholic share
- 1.3%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 633
- Extent
- 30,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B.
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 Sacred Heart, Lashio stands in Lashio, 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 BanmawBanmaw
- Diocese of HakhaHakha
- Diocese of KalayKalay
- Diocese of MyitkyinaMyitkyina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered at Lashio in Myanmar, the Diocese of Lashio is a Latin Catholic diocese whose territory spans 61,266 square kilometers of land. Philip Lasap Za Hawng (born 1945) has served as its bishop since 1998.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, San Kaung Road, Ward 2, Lashio 06301, N.S.S., Myanmar
- Telephone
- [082]222.24.33
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].