Myanmar: New auxiliary bishop of Yangon ordained

The Episcopal Ordination of Msgr. Raymond Wai Lin Htun took place at St. Mary's Cathedral, Yangon, Myanmar, on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on March 19.

Msgr. Raymond is a new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Yangon.

The principal consecrator was Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, and co-consecrators were Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye and Bishop Francis Than Htun.

Several bishops, priests, nuns, and people attended the Episcopal Ordination.

On December 27, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Raymond Wai Lin Htun, of the clergy of the diocese of Hpa-An, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, assigning him the titular see of Thucca in Numidia.

At the time of appointment, he was the professor of canon law and bursar at Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary in Yangon.

Msgr. Raymond was born on September 22, 1976, in Hton-Bo-Quay, in the diocese of Hpa-An. He studied philosophy at Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary in Pyin-Oo-Lwin. He pursued a year of spirituality at Saint Michael’s Major Seminary in Taunggyi and then finished his studies in theology at Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary in Yangon, reports Rome-based Fides news.

He was ordained a priest on March 18, 2007, for the diocese of Hpa-An.

After ordination, he became parish vicar of Saint Francis Xavier’s Catholic Church in Hpa-An (2007-2010). He was awarded a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome (2011-2014) and went on to serve as professor of canon law (since 2015) and bursar of Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary in Yangon (since 2016). Since 2020 he has been the defender of the bond at the Interdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Yangon.