Diocese of Yangon | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Calcutta (1877–1930) |
| Archdeaconries | Rangoon, Mandalay, Toungoo, Delta, Moulmein |
| Statistics | |
| Members | 100,000+ |
| Information | |
| First holder | Jonathan Holt Titcomb |
| Cathedral | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon |
| Website | |
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The Diocese of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is the Church of the Province of Myanmar (Anglican) jurisdiction in and around the old capital Yangon, and under the care of the Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar. The diocese (then called Rangoon) was in the Church of England province of Calcutta from 1877 to 1930, then the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon until 1970. Beforehand, British Burma, had come under the guidance of the Bishop of Calcutta, Metropolitan of India. In 1966, the last non-Burmese bishop was evicted by the Burmese authorities and in 1970 the Diocese of Rangoon became the Church of the Province of Burma, and the bishop was elevated to Archbishop in that church.