Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon

The Archdiocese of Yangon (Latin: Archidioecesis Yangonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Myanmar. Charles Bo, SDB was appointed Archbishop of Yangon by Pope John Paul II on May 24, 2003.

"Archbishop of Yangon" redirects here. For the Anglican primate, see Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar.
Archdiocese of Yangon

Archidioecesis Yangonensis
Saint Mary's Cathedral, Yangon
Location
CountryMyanmar
Ecclesiastical provinceYangon
Statistics
Area68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
14,050,000
76,283 (0.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Yangon
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopCharles Maung Bo
SuffragansDiocese of Hpa-an
Diocese of Mawlamyine
Diocese of Pathein
Diocese of Pyay
Auxiliary BishopsJohn Saw Yaw Han Noel Saw Naw Aye

History

The diocese was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Burma by Pope Pius IX on November 27, 1866, and renamed as the Southern Burma on July 19, 1870 and later as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon on May 7, 1953. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on January 1, 1955, with the suffragan sees of Mawlamyine, Pathein, Pyay and Hpa-an which was newly erected on 24 January 2009. Pope John Paul II renamed it as the Archdiocese of Yangon on October 8, 1991.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral.

Incumbent Term Start Term Finish Notes
Paul Ambroise Bigandet MEP 12 August 1870 13 March 1894 Died
Alexandre Cardot MEP 19 March 1894 18 October 1925 Died
Félix-Donatien Perroy MEP 18 October 1925 10 April 1931 Died
Frédéric-Marie Provost MEP 10 April 1931 27 September 1952 Died
Victor Bazin MEP 7 May 1953 19 June 1971 Resigned
Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby 19 June 1971 30 September 2002 Retired
Charles Maung Bo SDB 22 November 2003

Statistics

As of 16 July 2007 there are 83 priests and 312 religious in the archdiocese.[1]

Footnotes
  1. Vatican Information Service July 17, 2007

See also
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Burma.

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