Catholic Church in Myanmar

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Catholic Church
Christian denomination in Myanmar
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Catholic_Bishops'_Conference_of_Myanmar
Caritas Myanmar
Catholic Religious Orders
gptkbp:country gptkb:Myanmar
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Kayah
Chin
Kachin
Karen
gptkbp:firstMissionariesArrived 16th century
gptkbp:hasMember Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon
Roman Catholic Diocese of Banmaw
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakha
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hpa-an
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalay
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kengtung
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lashio
Roman Catholic Diocese of Loikaw
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mawlamyine
Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pathein
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pekhon
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyay
Roman Catholic Diocese of Taunggyi
Roman Catholic Diocese of Taungngu
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toungoo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Catholic Church in Myanmar
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Latin
Burmese
English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Pope
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:notableEvent Growth among ethnic minorities
Pope Francis visited Myanmar in 2017
Suppression under military rule
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Charles_Maung_Bo
gptkb:Alexander_Pyone_Cho
John Hsane Hgyi
gptkbp:notableFigureRole gptkb:Bishop_of_Pathein
cathedral
Archbishop of Mandalay
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:St._Mary's_Cathedral,_Yangon
gptkbp:numberOfMembers approximately 750,000
gptkbp:partOf Catholic Church
gptkbp:persecutedMinority true
gptkbp:population about 1.3%
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Latin_Rite
gptkbp:supremeLeaderResidence gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_Asia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6