Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakha

The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Hakha (Latin: Dioecesis Hakhanensis, Burmese: ဟားခါးကက်သလစ်ခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းအုပ်ပိုင်သောနယ်) is located in the Chin State and the Sagaing Division in northwestern Myanmar. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Mandalay.

Diocese of Hakha

Dioecesis Hakhanensis

ဟားခါးကက်သလစ်ခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းအုပ်ပိုင်သောနယ်
Location
Country Myanmar
Ecclesiastical provinceMandalay
MetropolitanMandalay
Statistics
Area27,516 km2 (10,624 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
485,247
31,624 (6.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established21 November 1992
CathedralCathedral of St Joseph in Hakha
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLucius Hre Kung Bishop-elect
Metropolitan ArchbishopArchbishop Nicolas Mang Thang

The diocese was created on November 21, 1992 by splitting off the territory from the archdiocese of Mandalay.

The diocese covers an area of 27,516  km². It is subdivided into 31 parishes. 31,624 of the 485,247 people in the area belong to the Catholic Church, 76% of the population belong to the Protestant church.

List of bishops

  • Nicholas Mang Thang, (November 21, 1992 - November 30, 2011)
  • Lucius Hre Kung, (appointed bishop 19 October 2013)


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