Pathein diocese

A diocese in southwestern Myanmar released a pastoral letter calling on priests, nuns, and Catholics to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life on April 21, 2022.

A Catholic priest, who was arrested by the military in Myanmar has been released on April 19.

Pope Francis announced the appointment of Father Maurice Nyunt Wai as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Mawlamyine in Mon State of Myanmar on February 22.
According to the bishop-elect, the Episcopal Ordination will be held in April 2022.

Myanmar’s candidates for priestly formation are stuck at home, as seminaries and spirituality centres are closed due to Covid-19 and political crises for over a year.

Myanmar’s Pathein diocese cancels a planned physical meeting of the Catholic Mother Association, as participants express the grief of meeting one another for a long time.

Despite political unrest and pandemic, sixteen religious women made their perpetual profession in St. Peter’s Cathedral church, in Pathein, Myanmar.

The missionary Congregation of Xaverian Sisters in Pathein Diocese located in Ayeyarwaddy Region in Myanmar celebrated the Golden Jubilee of their Novitiate House on January 31.

How will the Catholic Church of Myanmar respond to the humanitarian crisis, especially food shortage crises, in 2022? The Catholic Church needs to show its leadership and role in rendering humanitarian assistance during these crises. For this reason, we call for this meeting to form the Diocesan Emergency Response Team 2022

Church officials say reaching out to the needy and afflicted can be seen as politically motivated given the military coup in Myanmar.

Myanmar' Pathein diocese organized a webinar on health care awareness for priests in the Ayeyarwaddy Region on November 13. Doctor Nant Thin Thiri Mon led the webinar with a theme, "Diabetes and hypertension."