Diocese of Pathein, Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pathein / Patheinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yangon

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1955.01.01: Established as Diocese of Bassein / Basseinen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon and became suffragan of Rangoon)
1991.10.08: Renamed as Diocese of Pathein / Patheinen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.31 – ...):

Bishop Henry Eikhlein (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pathein (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henry Eikhlein (64)
(2023.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Born:	1960.06.23 (Painne Chaung, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1989.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.08.25

Priest of Pathein (Myanmar) (1989.03.11 – 2023.05.31)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (2023.05.31 – ...)

Bishop John Hsane Hgyi
(2003.05.24 – 2021.07.22)

Semper vobiscum

Born:	1953.12.15 (Pyingadoe Mayanchaung, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1982.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.22
Died:	2021.07.22 (Pathein, Myanmar † 67)

Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1982.03.07 – 2003.01.25)

Titular Bishop of Puppi (2003.01.25 – 2003.05.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (2003.01.25 – 2003.05.24)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – 2021.07.22)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2012 – 2014.07)

General Secretary of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2017? – 2021.07.22)

Died of COVID-19.

Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (76) (later Cardinal)
(1996.03.13 – 2003.05.24)

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)

Bishop John Gabriel
(1992.02.22 – 1994.08.16)

Born:	1938.02.07 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1964.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.27
Died:	1994.08.16 († 56)

Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia (1988.01.30 – 1989.12.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1988.01.30 – 1989.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1989.12.07 – 1991.10.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (1991.10.08 – 1992.02.22)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (1992.02.22 – 1994.08.16)

Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira
(1991.10.08 – 1992.02.22)

Born:	1917.02.22 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.01.17
Died:	1997.10.24 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Fissiana (1984.10.20 – 1986.01.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Bassein (Myanmar) (1984.10.20 – 1986.01.24)

Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1986.01.24 – 1991.10.08)

Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar) (1991.10.08 – 1992.02.22)

Bishops of Bassein (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira
(1986.01.24 – 1991.10.08)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Valerius Sequeira
(Apostolic Administrator 1984.10.20 – 1986.01.24)

Bishop Joseph Mahn Erie
(1968.02.16 – 1982.06.03)

Born:	1925.03.18 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.12
Died:	2017.10.25 († 92)

Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1968.02.16 – 1982.06.03)

Bishop George Maung Kyaw
(1955.01.01 – 1967.11.19)

Born:	1917.03.24 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1943.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.04.17
Died:	1967.11.19 († 50)

Bishop of Bassein (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1967.11.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Gabriel (1991.10.08 – 1992.02.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Gabriel (1989.12.07 – 1991.10.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Hsane Hgyi (2003.01.25 – 2003.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Gabriel (1988.01.30 – 1989.12.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Peter’s Cathedral, Pathein, Ayeyarwady

Port Blair (↙), Pyay (↑), Yangon (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,328 km²

Population: 65,120 Catholics (0.9% of 7,087,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 88 priests (diocesan), 174 religious (33 brothers, 141 sisters), 22 seminarians