Abraham Than
- August 18, 2025
- 97 years
About Abraham Than
Abraham Than, 97, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1968–1972) and bishop (1972–2001) of Kengtung.
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|Abraham Than (21 September 1927 – 17 August 2025) was a Burmese Roman Catholic prelate.
Life and work
Than was ordained a priest on 22 September 1957. Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Kengtung and titular bishop of Tortibulum on 19 December 1968. The Bishop of Toungoo, Sebastian U Shwe Yauk, consecrated him bishop on 11 May of the following year; Co-consecrators were Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim, Archbishop of Mandalay, and Joseph Mahn Erie, Bishop of Bassein.
On 19 September 1972, he was appointed Bishop of Kengtung. He resigned from his office on 2 October 2001.
Than died on 17 August 2025, at the age of 97.
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