Diocese of

Myitkyina

Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Myitkyina / Myitkyinaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mandalay

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Columban’s Cathedral, Myitkyina, Kachin

Banmaw (↙), Kalay (←), Imphal (←), Kohima (←), Miao (↖), Kangding 康定 (↑), Dali 大理 (→), Lashio (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2020.11.18 – ...):

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (74)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ireneo a Centocelle

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Ordinaries

Bishops of Myitkyina (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Francis Daw Tang (76)
(2004.12.03 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop emeritus of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Peace, love, joy

Born:	1946.12.19 (Maw Gun, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.11

Titular Bishop of Maturba (2002.01.15 – 2004.12.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (2002.01.15 – 2004.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – 2004.12.03)

Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (2004.12.03 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop Francis Daw Tang (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.05.24 – 2004.12.03)

Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng (later Archbishop)
(1976.12.09 – 2003.05.24)

Born:	1938.03.20 (Lunghkat, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.04.03
Died:	2020.10.24 (Mandalay, Myanmar † 82)

Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1976.12.09 – 2003.05.24)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1982 – 1992)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – 2014.04.03)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2006 – 2012)

Bishop John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E.
(1961.02.21 – 1976.12.09)

Born:	1912.01.20 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1936.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.07.01
Died:	2000.03.07 († 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar) (1959.07.18 – 1961.02.21)

Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1961.02.21 – 1976.12.09)

Prefects Apostolic of Bhamo (Roman Rite)

Fr. John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. (later Bishop)
(1959.07.18 – 1961.02.21)

(see above)

Fr. Patrizio Usher, S.S.C.M.E.
(1939.01.07 – 1958)

Died:

1958

Prefect Apostolic of Bhamo (Myanmar) (1939.01.07 – 1958)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Daw Tang (76) (2002.01.15 – 2004.12.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (78) (1993.12.20 – 1998.04.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng (later Archbishop) (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)

Statistics

Area: 67,651 km²

Population: 96,293 Catholics (8.1% of 1,187,150 total) (2020)

Statistics: 26 parishes, 29 missions, 62 priests (50 diocesan, 12 religious), 138 lay religious (15 brothers, 123 sisters), 26 seminarians (2020)

History

1939.01.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma)
1955.01.01: Became suffragan of Mandalay
1961.02.21: Promoted as Diocese of Myitkyina / Myitkyinaën(sis) (Latin)
2006.08.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Banmaw

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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