Suffragan diocese Mindat, Myanmar
Diocese of Mindat
Mindatin(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southern Chin State, Myanmar, erected on 25 January 2025, one of the newest dioceses in the country. Its principal church is the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mindat, and its first bishop, Augustine Thang Zawm Hung, was appointed in 2025.
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- Established
- 2025
- Catholics
- 14,394
- Priests
- 48
- Territory
- 17,156 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
- Augustine Thang Zawm Hung
- Born
- 4 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Mindat
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The cathedral
Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mindat stands in Mindat, 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
One of the Church's newest jurisdictions in Myanmar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mindat was created on 25 January 2025. Its cathedral is the Church of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mindat in Chin State, and its bishop-elect is Msgr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung.