Diocese of Lashio, Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lashio / Lashioën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mandalay

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1975.11.20: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lashio / Lashioën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kengtung and became suffragan of Mandalay)
1990.07.07: Promoted as Diocese of Lashio / Lashioën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.24 – ...):

Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lashio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (62)
(2020.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Born:	1962.10.18 (Hpa Hping, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1996.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.01.29

Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar) (2019.10.18 – 2020.06.24)

Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar) (2020.06.24 – ...)

Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (80)
(1998.04.03 – 2020.06.24)

Bishop emeritus of Lashio (Myanmar)

Crux Christi pax

Born:	1945.02.12 (Pang-Pu, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1973.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.04.30

Titular Bishop of Avioccala (1993.12.20 – 1998.04.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1993.12.20 – 1998.04.03)

Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar) (1998.04.03 – 2020.06.24)

Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (76) (later Cardinal)
(1990.07.07 – 1996.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ireneo a Centocelle
Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar)
President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Omnia possum in eo

Born:	1948.10.29 (Mohla, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1976.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.16
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14

Apostolic Administrator of Lashio (Myanmar) (1985 – 1986)

Prefect Apostolic of Lashio (Myanmar) (1986 – 1990.07.07)

Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar) (1990.07.07 – 1996.03.13)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (1996.03.13 – 2003.05.24)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2000 – 2006)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ireneo a Centocelle (2015.02.14 [2015.10.21] – ...)

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2019.01.01 – 2025.01.01)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2020? – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (2020.11.18 – 2024.10.29)

Prefects Apostolic of Lashio (Roman Rite)

Fr. Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (76) (later Cardinal)
(1986 – 1990.07.07)

(see above)

Fr. Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (76) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1985 – 1986)

Fr. John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B.
(1975.11.20 – 1985)

Born:	(Australia)
Died:	1987

Prefect Apostolic of Lashio (Myanmar) (1975.11.20 – 1985)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (62) (2019.10.18 – 2020.06.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Lashio, Shan

Taunggyi (↙), Mandalay (←), Myitkyina (↑), Dali 大理 (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,559 km²

Population: 30,574 Catholics (1.2% of 2,638,180 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 49 priests (45 diocesan, 4 religious), 156 religious (12 brothers, 144 sisters), 8 seminarians