Francis Ah Mya

Francis Ah Mya was an Anglican priest[1] in the middle third of the 20th century[2]

He was educated at the Bishop's College in Calcutta and ordained in 1933. He was a tutor at the Divinity School, Rangoon from 1933 to 1940 and then the incumbent at St Matthew Moulmein until his elevation to the Episcopate as Assistant Bishop of Rangoon in 1949. In 1966 he became its diocesan[3] and in 1970 established a new Anglican Province with himself as Archbishop, resigning in 1972.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Project Canterbury
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ↑ New Bishop Of Rangoon The Times Tuesday, Jun 07, 1966; pg. 12; Issue 56651; col D
  4. ↑ ttc Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Victor George Shearburn		 Bishop of Rangoon
1966 – 1970		 Succeeded by
New Province
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Archbishop of Burma
1970 – 1972		 Succeeded by
John Aung Hla


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