Today, the Pope appointed Fr. John Saw Yaw Han to auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon, the capital city of Myanamer, and assigned him the titular see of Buffada.
The Asian priest is currently serving as rector of Yangon’s major seminary.
Born in 1968, in the village of Homalim in the same archdiocese, John Saw Yaw Han would go on to study at St. Joseph minor and major seminaries and Pyin-Oo-Lwin Major Seminary, where he would receive degrees in geography and moral theology. He also specialized in U.S. studies.
In March 18, 1995, John Saw Yan Han was ordained a priest.
Moreover, the Asian priest has held various pastoral and academic posts. From 2008 to 2011, he served as rector of the Minor Seminary in Bago, and since 2011, he has been serving as rector of the National Major Seminary in Yangon.
In the Archdiocese of Yangon, about 15 percent of the population are Christians, 85 percent, Buddhists, and the rest, Muslims, Hindus and animists. Of the Christian population, 30 percent are Catholics. About 14 percent of the entire nation’s Catholic population lives in the Yangon diocese.
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On the NET:
Yangon Archdiocese: www.yangonarchdiocese.org
