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Catholic Church in Myanmar
The Catholic Church in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2020, there were approximately 700,000 Catholics in Myanmar—accounting for around 1.29% of the total population.
The country is divided into sixteen dioceses, including three archdioceses. Each of the archdioceses is also headed by a metropolitan. There are over 1,000 priests and 2,000 nuns serving across 460 parishes.
The representative of the Holy See to the Catholic Church and the government of Myanmar is an apostolic nuncio, though the position has been vacant since 2022.
The membership comprises bishops and auxiliary bishops of the 16 dioceses of Myanmar. As of 2020, the president of the CBCM is Cardinal Charles Maung Bo.
The ecclesiastical history of Christianity in Burma begins before its annexation by the British, when it still consisted of the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu.
In 1548 St. Francis Xavier petitioned Father Rodriguez for missionaries to go to Pegu, but nothing is known as to the outcome of his request.
Chief mercenary Filipe de Brito e Nicote promptly established Goa-backed Portuguese rule at Thanlyin in 1603. The country was in chaos. Bayinnaung's grandson, King Anaukpetlun, defeated the Portuguese in 1613 and mission work was stopped. During that period, Burmese well-known crown prince and poet Natshinnaung was converted to Catholicism and was baptised by a priest from Goa.
In 1699, the vicar apostolic of Siam and the bishop of Meliapur (Portuguese India) had a dispute concerning the jurisdiction over Pegu, and Charles-Thomas Maillard De Tournon, legatus a latere, decided against the vicar apostolic.
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Catholic Church in Myanmar
The Catholic Church in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2020, there were approximately 700,000 Catholics in Myanmar—accounting for around 1.29% of the total population.
The country is divided into sixteen dioceses, including three archdioceses. Each of the archdioceses is also headed by a metropolitan. There are over 1,000 priests and 2,000 nuns serving across 460 parishes.
The representative of the Holy See to the Catholic Church and the government of Myanmar is an apostolic nuncio, though the position has been vacant since 2022.
The membership comprises bishops and auxiliary bishops of the 16 dioceses of Myanmar. As of 2020, the president of the CBCM is Cardinal Charles Maung Bo.
The ecclesiastical history of Christianity in Burma begins before its annexation by the British, when it still consisted of the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu.
In 1548 St. Francis Xavier petitioned Father Rodriguez for missionaries to go to Pegu, but nothing is known as to the outcome of his request.
Chief mercenary Filipe de Brito e Nicote promptly established Goa-backed Portuguese rule at Thanlyin in 1603. The country was in chaos. Bayinnaung's grandson, King Anaukpetlun, defeated the Portuguese in 1613 and mission work was stopped. During that period, Burmese well-known crown prince and poet Natshinnaung was converted to Catholicism and was baptised by a priest from Goa.
In 1699, the vicar apostolic of Siam and the bishop of Meliapur (Portuguese India) had a dispute concerning the jurisdiction over Pegu, and Charles-Thomas Maillard De Tournon, legatus a latere, decided against the vicar apostolic.
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