Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyay

Diocese of Pyay
Dioecesis Pyayensis
Location
Country Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province Yangon
Metropolitan Yangon
Statistics
Area 80,906 km2 (31,238 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
9,028,000
24,300 (0.3%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 9 July 1940 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Akyab)
19 September 1957 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Prome)
21 February 1961 (As Diocese of Prome)
8 October 1991 (As Diocese of Pyay)
Cathedral St Paul’s Cathedral in Pyay
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho
Metropolitan Archbishop Charles Maung Bo
Emeritus Bishops Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe Bishop Emeritus (1976-2010)
Gregory Taik Maung Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1985-2010)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyay (Lat: Diocesis Pyayensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma.

History

Originally erected in 1940 as the apostolic prefecture of Akyab, the prefecture has the distinction of being the only ecclesiastical territory in Burma created from the Diocese of Chittagong.

In 1957, the name was changed to the apostolic prefecture of Prome.

In 1961, the prefecture was elevated to a full diocese.

Finally in 1991, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Pyay and became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yangon

The most recent head of the diocese, who served up until mid-2010, was Auxiliary Bishop Gregory Taik Maung, appointed in 1991 and who was serving as Apostolic Administrator. His resignation as Apostolic Administrator was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, July 16, 2010. On Friday, December 3, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe as Bishop. The Pope appointed a Burmese priest, Alexander Pyone Cho, a native of the Pyay Diocese (on loan "fidei donum" to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina, Kansas), as the Bishop-elect of Pyay.

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