Church of the Province of Myanmar Stephen Than Myint Oo. Erected from Rangoon diocese in 1978; St Peter's Cathedral, Hpa-an. Erected 198? from Yangon diocese; Christ Church Cathedral, Mandalay. Missionary district, from Mandalay diocese, created 1987; erected a diocese 1990; Christ the King Cathedral, Myitkyina. Erected 1990 from Yangon diocese; St Mark's Cathedral, Sittwe. Missionary district created from Pann diocese, 1992; erected a diocese 1994; St Paul's Cathedral, Toungoo. There are mainly four departments for ministry and mission under the province,diocese and parish administration. The Church of the Province of Myanmar embraces three orders of ordained ministry: deacon, priest and bishop. A local version of the
Freedom of religion in Myanmar member of the Phawkkan Evangelical Church. Yeh Zaw had earlier written a letter to the regime leader urging him to end the persecution of his church that Rangoon authorities closed earlier in 2006, banning members from worshipping there. Police charged him with travelling without an identity card. In 2005 local authorities in the Chin State capital of Hakha notified Baptist leaders that they would be forced to relocate an active, historic cemetery from church property to a remote location outside of town. Religious leaders reported that authorities continued to forcefully relocate cemeteries in many parts of the country. In the