Suffragan diocese Mawlamyine, Myanmar
Diocese of Mawlamyine
Maulamyinen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Mon State, Myanmar, erected in 1993 from the Archdiocese of Yangon, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is Holy Family Cathedral in Mawlamyine.
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- Established
- 1993
- Catholics
- 7,771
- Priests
- 26
- Territory
- 51,780 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Maurice Nyun Wai
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The cathedral
Holy Family Cathedral, Mawlamyine stands in Mawlamyine, 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
Territory separated in 1993 from the Archdiocese of Yangon, which remains its metropolitan, formed the Diocese of Mawlamyine (Latin: Diocesis Maulamyinensis), one of the dioceses of the Catholic Church in Burma.