Church of the Province of Myanmar

The Church of the Province of Myanmar is a member church of the Anglican Communion and has approximately 42,000 believers. Its origins lie in the missionary activity of the 19th century, but it experienced its first crisis with the declaration of Buddhism as the state religion, which involved the expulsion of all foreign missionaries. In 1970 it became an independent church community with 6 dioceses (Hpa-an, Mandalay , Myitkyina, Sittwe, Toungoo, Yangon (Rangoon)), headed as the primate of the Archbishop of Burma (seat: Rangoon).

Archbishops of Burma

• 1970–1973 Francis Ah Mya
• 1973–1979 John Aung Hla
• 1979–1987 Gregory Hla Kyaw (Bishop of Hpa-an)
• 1988–2011 Andrew Mya Han (Bishop of Yangon)
• 2001–2008 Samuel San Si Htay (Bishop of Yangon)
• 2008 – present Stephen Than Myint Oo (Bishop of Hpa-an)