Asia-Pacific

Myanmar

Myanmar's Catholic community — largely concentrated among the Kachin, Karen, and Chin ethnic minorities — is bearing the brunt of the military junta's brutal campaign against ethnic peoples since the 2021 coup, with churches bombed, priests arrested, and entire Christian villages displaced.

Myanmar
Bl. Joseph Vaz (though primarily associated with Sri Lanka, his missionary routes passed through Burma); the Uncanonized Martyrs of Myanmar's ethnic Christian communities
Myanmar
Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption (Aug 15); Christmas and Holy Week observed across ethnic Catholic communities; Feast of All Saints (Nov 1)
Catholic Population:
750,000
Percent Catholic:
1.4%
Church Status
Persecuted
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Yangon

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