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Diocese of Myitkyina

Bishop Francis Daw Tang
Bishop Francis Daw Tang
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Bishop Francis Daw Tang
St. Columban's Cathedral, Aungnan Yeiktha, Myitkyina, Myanmar 01011
(95) 74-23016
Fax :(95) 74-23016
[email protected], [email protected]

Bishop Francis Daw Tang was born on Dec. 19, 1949, in Bum Dum village, Panghkak parish. He was ordained a deacon on Dec. 4, 1979, in St. Joseph Catholic Major Seminary, Yangon. He was ordained a priest on March 25, 1979, at Pangkak parish, by Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng. He then served in Nanghling parish for 14 years. From 1993 to 2002, he was Phakant parish priest. On April 11, 2002, he was episcopally ordained and served as Auxiliary Bishop of Myitkyina. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Myitkyina diocese indefinitely on June 11, 2003. On Dec. 3, 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Myitkyina. Bishop Francis Daw Tang is chairman of the Episcopal Commission for Laity and a member of the Philosophate of Episcopal Commission for Seminaries.

On Nov.18, 2020 Bishop Francis Daw Tang resigned.
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