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Diocese of

Kengtung

Myanmar Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kengtung / Kengtunghen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taunggyi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Pekhon (←), Taunggyi (←), Dali 大理 (↑), Luang Prabang (↘), Chiang Mai (↓), Chiang Rai (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.11.04 – ...):Bishop John Saw Yaw Han (55)Bishop John Saw Yaw Han (55)

General Secretary of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kengtung (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Saw Yaw Han (55)Bishop John Saw Yaw Han (55)
(2022.11.04 – ...)

Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)
General Secretary of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Born:1968.05.05 (Homalim, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1995.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:2015.04.12

Titular Bishop of Buffada (2014.12.30 – 2022.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar) (2014.12.30 – 2022.11.04)

General Secretary of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2017? – ...)

Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (2022.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Peter Louis Cakü
(2001.10.02 – 2020.02.20)

Servant for all

Born:1952.03.23 (Nali, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1982.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1997.12.08
Died:2020.02.20 (Kengtung, Myanmar † 67)

Titular Bishop of Abidda (1997.05.20 – 2001.10.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1997.05.20 – 2001.10.02)

Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (2001.10.02 – 2020.02.20)

Bishop Abraham Than (95)Bishop Abraham Than (95)
(1972.09.19 – 2001.10.02)

Bishop emeritus of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Joyful things in life

Born:1927.09.21 (Mong Block, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1957.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1969.05.11

Titular Bishop of Tortiboli (1968.12.19 – 1972.09.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1968.12.19 – 1972.09.19)

Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1972.09.19 – 2001.10.02)

Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E.
(1955.01.01 – 1973.05.06)

Born:1899.10.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1926.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1950.10.08
Died:1973.05.06 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Hadriania (1950.05.31 – 1955.01.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1950.05.31 – 1955.01.01)

Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1973.05.06)

Vicars Apostolic of Kengtung (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E.
(1950.05.31 – 1955.01.01)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Kengtung (Roman Rite)

Fr. Erminio Bonetta, P.I.M.E.
(1927.06.21 – 1949)

Born:1881
Died:1949 († 68)

Prefect Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar) (1927.06.21 – 1949)

Former Prelates

Statistics

Area: 45,856 km²

Population: 45,760 Catholics (1.3% of 3,575,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 21 missions, 36 priests (34 diocesan, 2 religious), 113 lay religious (2 brothers, 111 sisters), 16 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.06.04

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