Recent Events

Fr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung was consecrated as Bishop of Mindat (Myanmar)

Fr. Raymond Wai Lin Htun was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Fr. Peter Tin Wai was consecrated as Bishop of Pyay (Myanmar)

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南) resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Diocese of Mindat was established (from Diocese of Hakha and became suffragan of Mandalay) (Myanmar)

Fr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung, Priest of Hakha (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Mindat (Myanmar)

Fr. John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F., was consecrated as Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray, Bishop emeritus of Mawlamyine (Myanmar), passed away at 76

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., resigned as President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Fr. Raymond Wai Lin Htun, Priest of Hpa-an (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho resigned as Bishop of Pyay (Myanmar)

Fr. Peter Tin Wai, Priest of Pyay (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Pyay (Myanmar)

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

Fr. John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F., was elected Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Fr. Joachim Xavier Rego, C.P., resigned as Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

Fr. Stanislaus Min Ko was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Joseph Soosainathan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar, Priest of Bangalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Joseph Soosainathan, Priest of Bangalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Stanislaus Min Ko, Priest of Hpa-an (Myanmar), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Hpa-an (Myanmar)

Fr. Felice Ba Htoo was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar)

Archbishop Alberto Tricarico, Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana, passed away at 96

Fr. Francis Than Htun was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Strongoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Fr. Francis Than Htun, Priest of Yangon (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Strongoli and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Fr. Felice Ba Htoo, Priest of Pekhon (Myanmar), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Pekhon (Myanmar)

Fr. Henry Eikhlein was consecrated as Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Bishop Isaac Danu resigned as Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)

Bishop John Saw Gawdy succeeded as Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)

Fr. Celso Ba Shwe was consecrated as Bishop of Loikaw (Myanmar)

Fr. Henry Eikhlein, Priest of Pathein (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar)

Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai succeeded as Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray resigned as Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Fr. Celso Ba Shwe, Priest of Loikaw (Myanmar), was elected Bishop of Loikaw (Myanmar)

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, was appointed as President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Bishop John Saw Yaw Han, Titular Bishop of Buffada, Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar) and General Secretary of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar)

Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南), Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia, Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Apostolic Delegate to Laos and Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Fr. Maurice Nyunt Wai was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Fr. Maurice Nyunt Wai, Priest of Pathein (Myanmar), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Archbishop Matthias U Shwe, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Taunggyi (Myanmar), passed away at 77

Bishop John Hsane Hgyi, Bishop of Pathein (Myanmar), passed away at 67

Fr. Noel Saw Naw Aye was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Malamocco and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan

Bishop Sephen Tjephe, Bishop of Loikaw (Myanmar), passed away at 65

Fr. John Saw Gawdy was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) and President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Bishop Francis Daw Tang resigned as Bishop of Myitkyina (Myanmar)

Fr. Noel Saw Naw Aye, Priest of Yangon (Myanmar), was elected Titular Bishop of Malamocco and Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar)

Archbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mandalay (Myanmar), passed away at 82

Fr. John Saw Gawdy, Priest of Taungngu (Myanmar), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu (Myanmar)

Bishop Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B., succeeded as Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng resigned as Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

Bishop Peter Louis Cakü, Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar), passed away at 67

Fr. Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B., was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) and President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, was appointed as President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang resigned as President of Myanmar Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Alfredo Cremonesi, P.I.M.E., was beatified

Fr. Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Lashio (Myanmar)

Fr. Mark Tin Win was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)