Anglican Communion News Service

“The time is right for the Church to enter into new relationships with our sister churches in Asia, in particular with the Church of the Province of Myanmar,” said Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne Dr Philip Freier, as he began a two-week visit to Myanmar, starting in Yangon.

The Archbishop of Myanmar has warned that political change is happening so fast that his country could be swamped by consumerism and competition.

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.

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