Church of the Province of Myanmar with the departure of the British and the subsequent exodus of the Anglo-Burmese and Anglo-Indians. In 1966 all foreign missionaries were forced to leave the country. Today there are at least 70,000 Anglicans in an estimated population of 50 million in Myanmar. The polity of the Church of the Province of Myanmar is episcopacy (church governance with the three-fold ministry), the same as other Anglican churches. The church maintains a system of geographical parishes organized into dioceses (there are six of these, each headed by a bishop and assistant bishop). The current Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar is
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