Diocese of Loikaw
Loikaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Loikaw, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese covering Kayah State, Myanmar, erected on 14 November 1988 from the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 1988
- Latin
- Loikaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002035
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,083
- Population
- 301,187
- Catholic share
- 20.6%
- Extent
- 11,670 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.3
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
- Celso Ba Shwe
- Born
- 22 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Momblo
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
Christ the King Cathedral, Loikaw stands in Loikaw, 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 KengtungKengtung
- Diocese of PekhonPekhon
- Diocese of TaungnguTaungngu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1988 from the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, the Diocese of Loikaw (Lat: Diocesis Loikavensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Burma and remains a suffragan of that parent see.
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].