Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon

"Archbishop of Yangon" redirects here. For the Anglican primate, see Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar.

The Archdiocese of Yangon (Latin: Archidioecesis Yangonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Myanmar. Charles Bo, SDB was appointed Archbishop of Yangon by Pope John Paul II on May 24, 2003.

Archdiocese of Yangon Archidioecesis Yangonensis
Saint Mary's Cathedral, Yangon
Location
Country	Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province	Yangon
Statistics
Area	68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 14,050,000 76,283 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Yangon
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Charles Maung Bo
Suffragans	Diocese of Hpa-an Diocese of Mawlamyine Diocese of Pathein Diocese of Pyay
Auxiliary Bishops	John Saw Yaw Han Noel Saw Naw Aye

History

The diocese was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Burma by Pope Pius IX on November 27, 1866, and renamed as the Southern Burma on July 19, 1870 and later as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon on May 7, 1953. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on January 1, 1955, with the suffragan sees of Mawlamyine, Pathein, Pyay and Hpa-an which was newly erected on 24 January 2009. Pope John Paul II renamed it as the Archdiocese of Yangon on October 8, 1991.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral.

Incumbent	Term Start	Term Finish	Notes
Paul Ambroise Bigandet MEP	12 August 1870	13 March 1894	Died
Alexandre Cardot MEP	19 March 1894	18 October 1925	Died
Félix-Donatien Perroy MEP	18 October 1925	10 April 1931	Died
Frédéric-Marie Provost MEP	10 April 1931	27 September 1952	Died
Victor Bazin MEP	7 May 1953	19 June 1971	Resigned
Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby	19 June 1971	30 September 2002	Retired
Charles Maung Bo SDB	22 November 2003

Statistics

As of 16 July 2007 there are 83 priests and 312 religious in the archdiocese.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Myanmar
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Burma

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org
• Official site