Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Hakha | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Hakhanensis |
Local: | ဟားခါးကက်သလစ်ခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းအုပ်ပိုင်သောနယ် |
Country: | Myanmar |
Province: | Mandalay |
Metropolitan: | Mandalay |
Area Km2: | 27,516 |
Population: | 485,247 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 31,624 |
Catholics Percent: | 6.5 |
Denomination: | Catholic |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 21 November 1992 |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St Joseph in Hakha |
Bishop: | Lucius Hre Kung Bishop-elect |
Metro Archbishop: | Archbishop Nicolas Mang Thang |
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Hakha (Latin: Dioecesis Hakhanensis, Burmese: ဟားခါးကက်သလစ်ခရစ်ယာန်ဂိုဏ်းအုပ်ပိုင်သောနယ်) is located in the Chin State and the Sagaing Division in northwestern Myanmar. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Mandalay.
The diocese was created on November 21, 1992 by splitting off the territory from the archdiocese of Mandalay.
The diocese covers an area of 27,516 km². It is subdivided into 31 parishes. 31,624 of the 485,247 people in the area belong to the Catholic Church, 76% of the population belong to the Protestant church.