Diocese of

Lashio

Myanmar Myanmar

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lashio / Lashioën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mandalay

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.24 – ...):Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (61)Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lashio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (61)Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. (61)
(2020.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Born:1962.10.18 (Hpa Hping, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1996.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:2020.01.30

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

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

Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (79)Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng (79)
(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)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75)Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75) (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
Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

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 (2018.11.16 [2019.01.01] – 2025.01.01)

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

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

Prefects Apostolic of Lashio (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75)Fr. Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75) (later Cardinal)
(1986 – 1990.07.07)

(see above)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75)Fr. Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. (75) (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

Special Churches

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

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Last updated on 2024.08.13

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