Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay

Archdiocese of Mandalay is located in the central part of Myanmar. It covers about 212,407 square kilometres (82,011 sq mi) 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.^[1] 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.

Archdiocese of Mandalay Archidioecesis Mandalayensis မန္တလေးဂိုဏ်းချုပ်
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Mandalay
Location
Country	Myanmar
Ecclesiastical province	Mandalay
Statistics
Area	212,407 km2 (82,011 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 15,000,000 23,617 (0.2%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 November 1866 Vicariate Apostolic of Central Burma 19 July 1870 Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Burma 5 January 1939 Vicariate Apostolic of Mandalay 1 January 1955 Archdiocese of Mandalay
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Marco Tin Win
Suffragans	Diocese of Banmaw Diocese of Hakha Diocese of Kalay Diocese of Lashio Diocese of Myitkyina
Bishops emeritus	Nicholas Mang Thang
Website
mandalayarchdiocese.com

Ordinaries

Marco Tin Win was installed as archbishop on 23 June 2019.^[2]

• Bourdon (1872–1887)
• Simon (1888–1893)
• Usse (1893–1902)
• Cardos (1902–1906)
• Foulquier (1906–1930)
• Joseph U Win (1955–1965)
• Aloysius U Ba Khin (1965–1978)
• Alphonse U Than Aung (1978–2002)
• Paul Zingtung Grawng (2003–2014)
• Nicholas Mang Thang (2014–2019)^[2]
• Marco Tin Win (2019–present)

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.