Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Mandalay / Mandalayen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Banmaw, Hakha, Kalay, Lashio, Myitkyina

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1866.11.27: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Burma / Birmania Centrale (Italiano) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Burma)
1870.07.19: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma / Birmania Settentrionale (Italiano) / Birmaniæ Septentrionalis (Latin)
1939.01.05: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Mandalay / Mandalayen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo)
1955.01.01: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mandalay / Mandalayen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Kengtung and Bhamo)
1975.11.20: Gained suffragan see Lashio
1992.11.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hakha and gained suffragan see Hakha
1998.01.17: Lost suffragan see Kengtung
2006.08.28: Gained suffragan see Banmaw
2010.05.22: Gained suffragan see Kalay

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.04.25 – ...):

Archbishop Mark Tin Win (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Mandalay (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mark Tin Win (64)
(2019.04.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)

Born:	1960.04.22 (Mon Hla, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1987.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.06.23

Priest of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1987.09.22 – 2019.04.25)

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

Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81)
(2014.04.03 – 2019.04.25)

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)

Archbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng
(2003.05.24 – 2014.04.03)

Deus caritas

Born:	1938.03.20 (Lunghkat, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.04.03
Died:	2020.10.24 (Mandalay, Myanmar † 82)

Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1976.01.24 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar) (1976.12.09 – 2003.05.24)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1982 – 1992)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (2003.05.24 – 2014.04.03)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2006 – 2012)

Archbishop Alphonse U Than Aung
(1978.09.25 – 2002.04.03)

Born:	1933.08.01 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1959.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.10.19
Died:	2004.11.02 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Horrea (1975.04.28 – 1978.09.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1975.04.28 – 1978.09.25)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1976 – 1982)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1978.09.25 – 2002.04.03)

President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1992 – 1994)

Titular Archbishop of Chusira (2002.04.03 – 2004.11.02)

Archbishop Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim
(1965.08.09 – 1978.09.25)

Born:	1907.12.20 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1937.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.11.21
Died:	1978.10.10 († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1965.08.09 – 1978.09.25)

Archbishop John Joseph U Win
(1959.12.19 – 1965.05.29)

Born:	1901.10.14 (Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:	1926.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.07.18
Died:	1965.05.29 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1954.04.10 – 1959.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1954.04.10 – 1959.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1959.12.19 – 1965.05.29)

Archbishop Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P.
(1955.01.01 – 1959.12.19)

Born:	1888.07.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1914.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.10.18
Died:	1968.01.12 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Clysma (1930.06.25 – 1955.01.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1930.06.25 – 1955.01.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar) (1955.01.01 – 1959.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Trajanopolis in Rhodope (1959.12.19 – 1968.01.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Mandalay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1930.06.25 – 1955.01.01)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Burma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marie-Eugène-Auguste-Charles Foulquier, M.E.P.
(1906.08.18 – 1929.06.27)

Born:	1866.11.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1889.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.11.21
Died:	1948.12.31 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar) (1906.08.18 – 1929.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Corydala (1906.08.18 – 1948.12.31)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, M.E.P.
(1893.12.22 – 1899)

Born:	1860.11.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1884.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.04.01
Died:	1905.04.21 († 44)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar) (1893.12.22 – 1899)

Titular Bishop of Selge (1893.12.22 – 1905.04.21)

Bishop Pierre-Ferdinand-Adrien Simon, M.E.P.
(1888.02.24 – 1893.07.20)

Born:	1855.03.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1878.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.06.24
Died:	1893.07.20 († 38)

Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis (1888.02.24 – 1893.07.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar) (1888.02.24 – 1893.07.20)

Bishop Charles Arsène Bourdon, M.E.P.
(1872.10.01 – 1887.05.01)

Born:	1834.05.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1860.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.01.05
Died:	1918.10.03 († 84)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Burma (Myanmar) (1872.10.01 – 1887.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Dardanus (1872.10.01 – 1918.10.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81) (2011.11.30 – 2014.04.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicholas Mang Thang (81) (later Archbishop) (1988.06.21 – 1992.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alphonse U Than Aung (later Archbishop) (1975.04.28 – 1978.09.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph U Win (later Archbishop) (1954.04.10 – 1959.12.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mandalay, Mandalay

Pyay (↙), Hakha (←), Kalay (↖), Banmaw (↑), Lashio (→), Taunggyi (↘), Pekhon (↘), Taungngu (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 212,407 km²

Population: 20,920 Catholics (0.2% of 9,717,680 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 78 priests (57 diocesan, 21 religious), 60 religious (46 brothers, 14 sisters), 13 seminarians