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Diocese of Banmaw

Dioecesis Banmavensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Raymond Sumlut Gam, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 August 2006
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mandalay
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Square Kilometers: 10,741 (4,148 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Kokko Taw, Banmaw 01131, Kachin State, Myanmar
  • Telephone: (074)50.453

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 August 2006ErectedDiocese of Myitkyina (Banmaw, Mansi, Momauk, and Shwegu) Diocese of Banmaw (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
200626,070453,5465.7%13132,00564010ap2007
201230,829341,6939.0%21211,46865513ap2013
201530,010342,2938.8%181191,57985713ap2016
201832,140380,7558.4%232251,28596113ap2019
202034,078396,6008.6%252271,26296413ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 98, Page 689, and Page 690

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