Roman Catholic Diocese of Pekhon

Diocese of Pekhon Dioecesis Pekhonensis
Location
Country	Myanmar
Metropolitan	Taunggyi
Statistics
Area	25,890 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2005) 450,000 37,194 (8.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral Pekhon
Current leadership
Bishop	Peter Hla

The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Pekhon (Dioecesis Pekhonensis) is located in the southern part of the Shan State in Myanmar. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi.

The diocese was created on December 15, 2005 by splitting off the territory from the archdiocese of Taunggyi. As its first bishop Peter Hla was selected, who was previously auxiliary bishop of Taunggyi. The cathedral of the diocese is the church of Sacred Heart in Pekhon.

The diocese covers an area of 25,890 km², and borders the archdiocese of Taunggyi to the north, the diocese of Taungngu to the southwest and the diocese of Loikaw to the south. It is subdivided into 8 parishes. 37,194 of the 450,000 people in the area belong to the Catholic Church.

External links

• Catholic-hierachy.org
• Vatican press release on the creation

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