Archdiocese of Yangon

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yangon (Latin: Archidioecesis Yangonensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Myanmar. The current Archbishop of Yangon is His Excellency Charles Bo, SDB, having been appointed by John Paul II on May 24, 2003.

[edit] History

The diocese was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southwestern Burma by Pope Pius IX on November 27, 1866, and renamed as the Southern Burma on July 19, 1870 and later as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rangoon on May 7, 1953. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on January 1, 1955, with the suffragan sees of Mawlamyine, Pathein, and Pyay. Pope John Paul II renamed it as the Archdiocese of Yangon on October 8, 1991.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral.

Incumbent	Term Start	Term Finish	Notes
Paul Ambroise Bigandet MEP	12 August 1870	13 March 1894	Died
Alexandre Cardot MEP	19 March 1894	18 October 1925	Died
Félix-Donatien Perroy MEP	18 October 1925	10 April 1931	Died
Frédéric-Marie Provost MEP	10 April 193	27 September 1952	Died
Victor Bazin MEP	7 May 1953	19 June 1971	Resigned
Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby	19 June 1971	30 September 2002	Retired
Charles Maung Bo SDB	22 November 2003