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Diocese of

Mawlamyine

Myanmar Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mawlamyine / Maulamyinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yangon

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Port Blair (↙), Hpa-an (↑), Nakhon Sawan (→), Ratchaburi (↘), Surat Thani (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1993.03.22 – ...):Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray (74)Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray (74)
Coadjutor Bishop (2022.02.22 – ...):Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (61)Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mawlamyine (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray (74)Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray (74)
(1993.03.22 – ...)

Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

To be holy

Born:1948.08.11 (Mergui, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1975.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1987.12.08

Titular Bishop of Buffada (1987.07.03 – 1993.03.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar) (1987.07.03 – 1993.03.22)

Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar) (1993.03.22 – ...)

Statistics

Area: 40,960 km²

Population: 14,350 Catholics (1.0% of 1,410,800 total) (2020)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 26 priests (diocesan), 41 lay religious (41 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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