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Suffragan diocese Lashio, Myanmar

Diocese of Lashio

Lashioën(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Lashio, in Lashio, Myanmar.

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Established
1990
Catholics
30,998
Priests
49
Territory
30,000 km²

Parishes and churches

21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B.

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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.

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.