Diocese of Pyay Dioecesis Pyayensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Ecclesiastical province | Yangon |
| Metropolitan | Yangon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 80,906 km2 (31,238 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 9,028,000 24,300 (0.3%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 July 1940 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Akyab) 19 September 1957 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Prome) 21 February 1961 (As Diocese of Prome) 8 October 1991 (As Diocese of Pyay) |
| Cathedral | St Paul’s Cathedral in Pyay |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alexander Pyone Cho |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Charles Maung Bo |
| Bishops emeritus | Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe Bishop Emeritus (1976-2010) Gregory Taik Maung Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1985-2010) |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyay (Lat: Diocesis Pyayensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon (Rangoon), but like that depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its Cathedral episcopal see is St. Paul’s Cathedral, in Pyay, Bago Region.