Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taunggyi

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Myanmar

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Archdiocese of Taunggyi

Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis

St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi

Location
Country|  Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province| Taunggyi
Statistics
Area| 26,850 km2 (10,370 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2010)
1,615,000
7,389 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination| Catholic
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 21 March 1961 (As Diocese of Taunggyi)
17 January 1998 (As Archdiocese of Taunggyi)
Cathedral| St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Archbishop| Basilio Athai
Suffragans| Diocese of Kengtung
Diocese of Loikaw
Diocese of Pekhon
Diocese of Taungngu

The Archdiocese of Taunggyi (Latin: Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Shan State of Myanmar. The dioceses of Kengtung, Loikaw, Pekhon and Taungngu are suffragans of the archdiocese. The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi.

The diocese of Taunggyi was created on March 21, 1961, by splitting from the diocese of Taungoo, and was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yangon. When the diocese was elevated to become an archdiocese and metropolitan see on January 17, 1998, Kentung (from Mandalay) and Loikaw and Taungoo (from Yangon) were assigned to the new ecclesiastical province. The Diocese of Pekhon was created on December 15, 2005, by splitting off the southern part of the archdiocese.

After the split, the archdiocese has 7,350 Catholics out of a total population of 1.5 million. It is subdivided into 12 parishes, and has a total number of 25 priests. It covers an area of 26,850 square kilometres (10,370 sq mi).

## Bishops[edit]

* Basilio Athai, since June 24, 2016, had been auxiliary bishop since June 28, 2008
* Matthias U Shwe, December 18, 1989 - April 12, 2015 (retired), had been auxiliary bishop since December 20, 1979, died August 12, 2021 [1]
* Giovanni Battista Gobbato, P.I.M.E., March 21, 1961 - December 18, 1989 (retired)

### Auxiliary bishops[edit]

* Peter Hla, auxiliary bishop from March 13, 2001, till December 15, 2005 (became bishop of Pekhon)
* Basilio Athai, auxiliary bishop since July 1, 2008

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Archbishop Matthias U Shwe [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

## External links[edit]

* Catholic-hierarchy.org
* Notes on creation of the episcopal province of Taunggyi

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