Diocese of Kalay, Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kalay / Kalayen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mandalay

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

2010.05.22: Established as Diocese of Kalay / Kalayen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Hakha and became suffragan of Mandalay)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s Residence, Thazin Street 4/5, Thuriya Road, Kalaymyo, Sagaing Division, Myanmar

Phone: (073) 21-880

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.05.22 – ...):

Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kalay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang (64)
(2010.05.22 – ...)

Bishop of Kalay (Myanmar)

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Born:	1959.12.25 (Gam Ngai, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1990.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.05.06

Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1990.02.23 – 1992.11.21)

Priest of Hakha (Myanmar) (1992.11.21 – 2006.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Fesseë (2006.03.03 – 2010.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hakha (Myanmar) (2006.03.03 – 2010.05.22)

Bishop of Kalay (Myanmar) (2010.05.22 – ...)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2014.07 – 2020?)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary, Kalaymyo, Sagaing

Hakha (↙), Imphal (↑), Myitkyina (↗), Banmaw (↗), Mandalay (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,813 km²

Population: 61,060 Catholics (5.9% of 1,035,215 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 51 priests (45 diocesan, 6 religious), 279 religious (6 brothers, 273 sisters), 15 seminarians

Diocese of

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