Roman Catholic Diocese of Lashio

Diocese of Lashio

Dioecesis Lashioensis
Location
Country Myanmar
Ecclesiastical provinceMandalay
MetropolitanMandalay
Statistics
Area30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,300,000
30,998 (1.3%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 November 1975 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Lashio)
7 July 1990 (As Diocese of Lashio)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Lashio
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
<!-Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop -->Philip Lasap Za Hawng
Metropolitan ArchbishopMarco Tin Win
CoadjutorLucas 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).