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Diocese of Loikaw

Dioecesis Loikavensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Celso Ba Shwe, Bishop
  • Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint), Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 November 1988
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Taunggyi
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Square Kilometers: 11,730 (4,530 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Naung Yah, Loikaw 09011, Kayah State, Myanmar
  • Telephone: (083)21.817
  • Fax: 21.285

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 November 1988ErectedDiocese of Taunggyi (Kayah) Diocese of Loikaw (erected)
17 January 1998Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Loikaw (from Yangon)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199045,659150,00030.4%30301,52136817ap1991
199956,374188,00030.0%67471794812324ap2000
200055,775190,43629.3%691707961113122ap2001
200158,096190,43630.5%576639221511922ap2002
200257,851277,00920.9%59564903118922ap2003
200360,701277,00921.9%578659331013927ap2004
200462,083301,18720.6%558639851014928ap2005
201374,868346,00021.6%7518938053719835ap2014
201681,074358,00022.6%98411395835221039ap2017
201985,981293,67129.3%86461326515621540ap2020
202191,773303,35130.3%88161048822023440ap2022

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 81, Page 719, and Page 720
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 90, Page 307, and Page 308

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