Diocese of Mawlamyine
Maulamyinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mawlamyine, Myanmar
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 March 1993
- Latin
- Maulamyinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002192
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,771
- Population
- 2,621,889
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Extent
- 51,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Maurice Nyun Wai
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
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.
The province of Yangon
A suffragan of Yangon.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hpa-anHpa-an
- Diocese of PatheinPathein
- Diocese of PyayPyay
- Archdiocese of YangonYangon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].