Matthias U Shwe

Matthias U Shwe (1 December 1943 – 12 August 2021) was a Burmese Roman Catholic prelate who served in the present-day Archdiocese of Taunggyi for 36 years. He served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taunggyi from 1979 to 1989 and the bishop of Taunggyi from 1989 to 1998. When the Diocese of Taunggyi was elected to the status of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taunggyi on 17 January 1998, Matthias U Shwe became the archbishop of Taunggyi. He continued to serve as archbishop from 1998 until his retirement on 12 April 2015. He also served as the rector of St. Joseph's Catholic Major Seminary in Yangon and chairman of the Myanmar Episcopal Commission for the Laity. His funeral mass was held at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Taunggyi by Archbishop Basilio Athai on 14 August 2021.