Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakha explained

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.

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