Abraham Than

Abraham Than (21 September 1927 – 17 August 2025) was a Burmese Roman Catholic prelate.

His Excellency Abraham Than
Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung
Archdiocese	Taunggyi
Diocese	Kengtung
Appointed	19 September 1972
Term ended	2 October 2001
Predecessor	Fernando Guercilena
Successor	Peter Louis Cakü
Previous posts	Auxiliary Bishop of Kengtung and Titular Bishop of Tortibulum (1968–1972)
Orders
Ordination	22 September 1957
Consecration	11 May 1969 by Sebastian U Shwe Yauk
Personal details
Born	(1927-09-21)21 September 1927 Mong Block, Burma, British India
Died	17 August 2025(2025-08-17) (aged 97)
Motto	Joyful things in life

Life and work

Than was ordained a priest on 22 September 1957. Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Kengtung and titular bishop of Tortibulum on 19 December 1968.^[1] The Bishop of Toungoo, Sebastian U Shwe Yauk, consecrated him bishop on 11 May of the following year; Co-consecrators were Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim, Archbishop of Mandalay, and Joseph Mahn Erie, Bishop of Bassein.^[2]

On 19 September 1972, he was appointed Bishop of Kengtung. He resigned from his office on 2 October 2001.^[3]

Than died on 17 August 2025, at the age of 97.^[4]