Diocese of

Mawlamyine

Myanmar Myanmar

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mawlamyine / Maulamyinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yangon

Neighbouring Dioceses: Port Blair (↙), Hpa-an (↑), Nakhon Sawan (→), Ratchaburi (↘), Surat Thani (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.31 – ...):Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (64)Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mawlamyine (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (64)Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai (64)
(2023.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar)

Born:1962.01.23 (Myaungmya, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1989.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:2022.04.24

Priest of Pathein (Myanmar) (1989.03.11 – 2022.02.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar) (2022.02.22 – 2023.05.31)

Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar) (2023.05.31 – ...)

Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray
(1993.03.22 – 2023.05.31)

To be holy

Born:1948.08.11 (Mergui, Myanmar)
Ordained Priest:1975.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1987.12.08
Died:2025.01.06 (Myanmar † 76)

Priest of Rangoon (Myanmar) (1975.04.13 – 1987.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Buffada (1987.07.03 – 1993.03.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon (Myanmar) (1987.07.03 – 1993.03.22)

Bishop of Mawlamyine (Myanmar) (1993.03.22 – 2023.05.31)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Port Blair (↙), Hpa-an (↑), Nakhon Sawan (→), Ratchaburi (↘), Surat Thani (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 40,960 km²

Population: 14,240 Catholics (1.0% of 1,383,340 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (diocesan), 43 religious (2 brothers, 41 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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