Diocese of

Hakha

Myanmar Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hakha / Hakhanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mandalay

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.10.19 – ...):Bishop Lucius Hre Kung (65)Bishop Lucius Hre Kung (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hakha (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lucius Hre Kung (65)Bishop Lucius Hre Kung (65)
(2013.10.19 – ...)

Bishop of Hakha (Myanmar)

Thy kingdom come

Born:1959.02.04 (Hnaring, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1989.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:2014.02.02

Priest of Hakha (Myanmar) (1989.02.23 – 2013.10.19)

Bishop of Hakha (Myanmar) (2013.10.19 – ...)

Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81)Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.11.30 – 2013.10.19)

Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81)Bishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81) (later Archbishop)
(1992.11.21 – 2011.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mandalay (Myanmar)

One Lord, one faith, one baptism

Born:1943.05.18 (Mindat, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1973.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1989.01.15

Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1973.03.28 – 1988.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Flenucleta (1988.06.21 – 1992.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1988.06.21 – 1992.11.21)

Bishop of Hakha (Myanmar) (1992.11.21 – 2011.11.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Hakha (Myanmar) (2011.11.30 – 2013.10.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (2011.11.30 – 2014.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (2014.04.03 – 2019.04.25)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Aizawl (↖), Kalay (↗), Mindat (↘), Pyay (↓)

Statistics (2025)

Area: 10,357 km²

Population: 21,073 Catholics (7.8% of 269,102 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 39 priests (diocesan), 52 religious (52 sisters), 9 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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