Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe

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In office2 October 1975 – 3 December 2010
PredecessorThomas Albert Newman
Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe
Bishop of Pyay
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Pyay
In office2 October 1975 – 3 December 2010
PredecessorThomas Albert Newman
SuccessorAlexander Pyone Cho
Orders
Ordination11 January 1961
Consecration2 February 1976
by Edward Cassidy
Personal details
Born(1935-10-10)10 October 1935
Died17 February 2015(2015-02-17) (aged 79)

Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe (10 October 1935 – 17 February 2015) was a Burmese Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Twante and ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Devellerez Thaung Shwe was named bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyay, Burma in 1975, retired in 2010 and died in 2015.[1]

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