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.
roman, catholic, archdiocese, yangon, archbishop, yangon, redirects, here, anglican, primate, bishop, yangon, archbishop, myanmar, archdiocese, yangon, latin, archidioecesis, yangonensis, latin, church, ecclesiastical, territory, diocese, catholic, church, mya. Archbishop of Yangon redirects here For the Anglican primate see Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar 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 Archdiocese of YangonArchidioecesis YangonensisSaint Mary s Cathedral YangonLocationCountryMyanmarEcclesiastical provinceYangonStatisticsArea68 000 km2 26 000 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2010 14 050 00076 283 0 5 InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteCathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in YangonCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisMetropolitan ArchbishopCharles Maung BoSuffragansDiocese of Hpa anDiocese of Mawlamyine Diocese of PatheinDiocese of PyayAuxiliary BishopsJohn Saw Yaw Han Noel Saw Naw Aye Contents 1 History 2 Statistics 3 Footnotes 4 See also 5 External linksHistory editThe 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 Felix Donatien Perroy MEP 18 October 1925 10 April 1931 Died Frederic 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 2003Statistics editAs of 16 July 2007 there are 83 priests and 312 religious in the archdiocese 1 Footnotes edit Vatican Information Service July 17 2007See also editRoman Catholicism in Myanmar List of Roman Catholic dioceses in BurmaExternal links edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Burma Catholic Hierarchy GCatholic org Official site 16 46 42 N 96 10 00 E 16 77833 N 96 16667 E 16 77833 96 16667 nbsp This article about an organisation in Myanmar is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Asia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon amp oldid 1178246280 History, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
