Diocese of Taungngu
Tunguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Taungngu, Myanmar
Latin-rite diocese in Myanmar tracing to the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Burma (1870), renamed Toungoo in 1927, elevated to a diocese in 1955 and renamed Taungngu in 1996. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Taungoo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 January 1955
- Latin
- Tunguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003182
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 43,465
- Population
- 3,598,000
- Catholic share
- 1.2%
- Extent
- 49,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- John Saw Gawdy
- Born
- 21 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Domapholi
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
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Taungoo stands in Taungngu, 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 Taunggyi
A suffragan of Taunggyi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TaunggyiTaunggyi
- Diocese of KengtungKengtung
- Diocese of LoikawLoikaw
- Diocese of PekhonPekhon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Taungoo, Myanmar, is the seat of the Diocese of Taungngu (Lat: Diocesis Tunguensis), a Latin Catholic diocese whose current bishop, John Saw Gawdy, was appointed in 2023.
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].