Archdiocese of Mandalay
Mandalayen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mandalay, Myanmar
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 January 1955
- Latin
- Mandalayen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002136
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 23,617
- Population
- 15,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 303
- Extent
- 212,407 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Archbishop
- Marco Tin Win
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
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.
The province of Mandalay
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BanmawBanmaw
- Diocese of HakhaHakha
- Diocese of KalayKalay
- Diocese of LashioLashio
- Diocese of MyitkyinaMyitkyina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].