Francis Ah Mya

Francis Ah Mya was an Anglican priest[1] in the middle third of the 20th century.[2]

In this article, the surname is Ah Mya, not Mya.

He was educated at the Bishop's College in Calcutta and ordained in 1933. He was a tutor at the Divinity School, Rangoon from 1933 to 1940 and then the incumbent at St Matthew Moulmein until his appointment to the Episcopate as Assistant Bishop of Rangoon in 1949. He was consecrated a bishop on Pentecost day (5 June), by George Hubback, Bishop of Calcutta, at St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta.[3][4] In 1966 he became its diocesan[5] and in 1970 established a new Anglican Province with himself as Archbishop, resigning in 1972.[6]

During the Second World War he was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. It was said that he became the leader of other POWs. He managed to persuade the Commandant to release other prisoners and himself under a plan given to him by God. — This story is told in the book "Going My Way" by Godfrey Winn.

References
  1. Project Canterbury
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. "Church News: General". Church Times (#4504). 3 June 1949. p. 359. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. "Consecration of three national bishops". Church Times (#4507). 24 June 1949. p. 409. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. New Bishop Of Rangoon The Times Tuesday, Jun 07, 1966; pg. 12; Issue 56651; col D
  6. ttc Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
Religious titles
Preceded by
Victor Shearburn		 Bishop of Rangoon
1966 – 1972		 Succeeded by
John Aung Hla
New title Archbishop of Burma
1970 – 1972
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