Metropolitan see Mandalay, Myanmar
Archdiocese of Mandalay
Mandalayen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in central Myanmar, tracing to the Vicariate Apostolic of Central Burma (1866) and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. Its seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay, and its suffragans are Banmaw, Hakha, Kalay, Lashio and Myitkyina.
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- Established
- 1866
- Catholics
- 23,617
- Priests
- 78
- Territory
- 212,407 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, MandalayMandalay · CathedralView parish
- Assumption Church, ChanthaywaChanthaywaView parish
- Assumption's Church, Chaung OoChaung OoView parish
- Christ the King Church, KawlinKawlinView parish
- Holy Family Church, Sin PhyuSin PhyuView parish
- Holy Innocent' Church, Lan Sone, Tantse.TantseView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, MyingyanMyingyanView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, Pyin Oo LwinPyin Oo LwinView parish
- Immaculate Conception of Mary's Church (Thel-Phyu)Town not recordedView parish
- Mary Help of Christian Church, ChaungyoeChaungyoeView parish
- Mary Help of Christians Church, SagaingSagaingView parish
- Mary Magdalene's Church, YwatawYwatawView parish
- Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Church, May-GonMay-GonView parish
- Our Lady of Holy Rosary Church, ChanthagoneChanthagoneView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church, YamethinYamethinView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes' Church, Kan-Gyi-DawKan-Gyi-DawView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, KantbaluKantbaluView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, Pyin Oo LwinPyin Oo LwinView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, Ye OoYe OoView parish
- St. Anthony's Church, MeikhtilaMeikhtilaView parish
- St. Anthony's Church, Nan-ShaeNan-ShaeView parish
- St. Augustine's Church, MagweMagweView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's Church, MandalayMandalayView parish
- St. John Baptist's Church, NabetNabetView parish
- St. John's Church, MandalayMandalayView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, LafonLafonView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, MonywaMonywaView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, MyitngeMyitngeView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, Shwe-Pyi-TharShwe-Pyi-TharView parish
- St. Joseph's Church, ShweboShweboView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marco Tin Win
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mandalay stands in Mandalay, 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
Central Myanmar is the home of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering about 212,407 square kilometres (82,011 sq mi): the southern part of Sagaing Region, almost the whole Mandalay Region and the eastern part of Magwe Region. Its suffragan dioceses are Myitkyina, Banmaw, Lashio and Hakha. Most of the Burmese people are Buddhist, with a few Muslims and Hindus, and the ethnic groups in the city include Myanmar, Kayin, Karen, Tamil and Chinese. Burmese is the language used across the diocesan territory.
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