The Archdiocese of Taunggyi ( la, Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis) is a

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of the

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located in the

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

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. The dioceses of

Kengtung th , เชียงตุง , other_name = Kyaingtong , settlement_type = Town , imagesize = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Myanmar , pushpin_label_position = left , ...

Loikaw Loikaw (, ) is the capital of Kayah State in Myanmar. It is located in the Karen Hills area, near the State's northern tip, just above an embayment on the Pilu River. The inhabitants are mostly Kayah (Karenni). Myanmar's largest hydropower p ...

, Pekhon and Taungngu are suffragans of the archdiocese. The cathedral of the archdiocese is St. Joseph's Cathedral in

Taunggyi Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of , just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth lar ...

. 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 Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

) and

and

Taungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry ...

(from

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

) were assigned to the new

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. 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

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es, and has a total number of 25 priests. It covers an area of .

Bishops

* Basilio Athai, since June 24, 2016, had been auxiliary bishop since June 28, 2008 *

Matthias U Shwe Matthias U Shwe (December 1, 1943 – August 12, 2021) was a Burmese Roman Catholic prelate who served in the present-day Archdiocese of Taunggyi for 36. He served as the auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taunggyi from 1979 to 19 ...

, December 18, 1989 - April 12, 2015 (retired), had been auxiliary bishop since December 20, 1979, died August 12, 2021 *

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, P.I.M.E., March 21, 1961 - December 18, 1989 (retired)

Auxiliary bishops

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

References

External links

Catholic-hierarchy.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taunggyi Roman Catholic dioceses in Burma Christian organizations established in 1961 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1961 establishments in Burma