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 Yangon Archidioecesis Yangonensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Ecclesiastical province | Yangon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 14,050,000 76,283 (0.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Yangon |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Charles Maung Bo |
| Suffragans | Diocese of Hpa-an Diocese of Mawlamyine Diocese of Pathein Diocese of Pyay |
| Auxiliary Bishops | John 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 |
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| 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]
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