Bishop Peter Hla

Bishop Emeritus of Pekhon, Myanmar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1952		Born
8 Mar 1981	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar
13 Mar 2001	49.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
13 Mar 2001	49.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
15 Dec 2001	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
15 Dec 2005	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
2 Feb 2026	74.0	Resigned	Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar

MicroData Summary
Peter Hla
Bishop Peter Hla
(born 15 Jan 1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Pekhon

Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hwary
Ordained Bishop Mobye

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Pekhon.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Adriano Bernardini †
Titular Archbishop of Falerii
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthias U Shwe †
Archbishop of Taunggyi
Bishop Abraham Than †
Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini † (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Falerii
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Saw Gawdy (2020)
Bishop Celso Ba Shwe (2023)
Bishop Felice Ba Htoo (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q995515

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 15 Dec 2005
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 165, Number 14,087
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2026

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 2 Feb 2026

✠