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
History of the Jews in Myanmar Israel came from India. Under British rule, the local Jewish community prospered as merchants developed small businesses, and traders worked in cotton and rice. The Baghdadi Jews established Musmeah Yeshua synagogue in Rangoon; it is the only synagogue still standing in Yangon or the country. It was first built in the 1850s as a small wooden structure, then rebuilt in 1896. The Jewish cemetery, containing 700 graves, is about six miles away. A Jewish school, for children up to middle-school age, had 200 students at its peak in 1910. After that some parents sent their children to secular schools, especially