Diocese of Lashio Dioecesis Lashioensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Myanmar |
Ecclesiastical province | Mandalay |
Metropolitan | Mandalay |
Statistics | |
Area | 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 2,300,000 30,998 (1.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 20 November 1975 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Lashio) 7 July 1990 (As Diocese of Lashio) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Lashio |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
<!-Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop --> | Philip Lasap Za Hawng |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Marco Tin Win |
Coadjutor | Lucas Jeimphaug Dau Ze |
The diocese of Lashio is a Roman Catholic diocese of Myanmar centered at Lashio. The diocesan territory covers a land area of 61,266 square kilometers. Philip Lasap Za Hawng (born 1945) is the current bishop of Lashio (from 1998).