Francis Ah Mya

Francis Ah Mya was an Anglican Archbishop[1] in India and Burma (now Myanmar) in the mid-20th century.

He was a tutor at the Divinity School, Rangoon from 1933 to 1940 and then the incumbent at St Matthew Moulmein until 1949.

He became archdeacon of Toungoo in 1946[3] and was placed in charge of St Peter's Bible School when it was moved to Kappli.

[10] Ah Mya transformed Rangoon into an autonomous province independent of the Province of India, Pakistan, Burma and Cylone;[11] he also worked on lay associations within the church as well as self-supporting projects and an evening Bible school.

He managed to persuade the Commandant to release other prisoners and himself under a plan given to him by God.