Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay

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Archdiocese of Mandalay is located in the central part of Myanmar. It covers about 212,407 km2 and comprises the southern part of Sagaing Region, almost the whole Mandalay Region and the eastern part of Magwe Region. The archdiocese has the suffragan dioceses of Myitkyina, Banmaw, Lashio and Hakha. Most of the Burmese people are Buddhist. A few are Muslims and Hindus. Ethnic groups in the city include Myanmar, Kayin, Karen, Tamil and Chinese. The language used in the diocesan territory is Myanmar.

Ordinaries

Marco Tin Win was installed as archbishop on 23 June 2019.

Statistics

As of 2004, Mandalay diocese had 22,511 Catholics in 30 parishes, representing 00.2% of the 15 million people in Mandalay, Sagaing and Magwe Regions.

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