Bishop Stylo was installed as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Hpa-An in the Church of the Province of Myanmar at a simple but meaningful ceremony at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Hpa-An on 21 September 2008 at 3.00pm.
On Saturday 17 May 2008, it was Day 14 after Cyclone Nargis first struck Myanmar. Its winds, which reached up to a maximum of 190km/h, first hit the low-lying Delta region (Ayeyawardy Division) of south-western Myanmar adjoining the Bay of Bengal on Friday 2 May 2008 and then ploughed through the hinterland during the course of Saturday 3 May 2008 in a north-easterly direction until it reached Yangon (Yangon Division)
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has written to the Anglican church in Burma following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in the area of the Irrawaddy River Delta. In the letter to Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo, Dr Williams assures the church of the prayers of the Anglican Communion and commends the rescue operation now underway
A resolve to promote peace, justice and real understanding between faiths was the main outcome of the meeting of the Council of Churches of East Asia (CCEA) which met in the Diocese of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, in October.
Presiding Bishop Browning and his wife, Patti, made the pastoral visit to Archbishop Andrew Mya Han and the Anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar, 12-17 January, to learn how the Episcopal Church might assist the Church there.
