Diocese of

Pekhon

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 16,240 km²

Population: 50,568 Catholics (17.2% of 294,500 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Taunggyi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Taungngu (↙), Mandalay (↖), Taunggyi (↑), Kengtung (→), Chiang Mai (↘), Loikaw (↓)

Statistics: 15 parishes, 44 priests (diocesan), 62 lay religious (6 brothers, 56 sisters), 15 seminarians (2015)

2005.12.15: Established as Diocese of Pekhon / Pekhonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taunggyi)

Bishop (2005.12.15 – ...):

Bishop Peter Hla (67)

Bishops of Pekhon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Hla (67)
(2005.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar)

Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia (2001.03.13 – 2005.12.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar) (2001.03.13 – 2005.12.15)

Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar) (2005.12.15 – ...)

as of 2019.01.17