Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakha

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Diocese of Hakha

Dioecesis Hakhanensis
Location
Country Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province Mandalay
Metropolitan Mandalay
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
485,247
31,624 (6.5%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 21 November 1992
Cathedral Cathedral of St Joseph in Hakha
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Lucius Hre Kung Bishop-elect
Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Zingtung Grawng

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.

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.

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