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
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