Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina

Diocese of Myitkyina Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis
Location
Country	Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province	Mandalay
Metropolitan	Mandalay
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,545,454 72,930 (4.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5 January 1939 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Bhamo) 21 February 1961 (As Diocese of Myitkyina)
Cathedral	St Columban’s Cathedral in Myitkyina
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francis Daw Tang
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Zingtung Grawng

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina (Lat: Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma.

Erected in 1939 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo, the prefecture was created from territory in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma.

In 1961, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mandalay.

The current bishop is Francis Daw Tang, appointed in 2004.

Ordinaries

• Patrizio Usher, S.S.C.M.E. † (7 Jan 1939 Appointed - 1958 Died)
• John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. † (18 Jul 1959 Appointed - 9 Dec 1976 Resigned)
• Paul Zingtung Grawng (9 Dec 1976 Appointed - 24 May 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Mandalay)
• Francis Daw Tang (3 Dec 2004 Appointed - )

See also

• Catholic Church in Burma