Francis Daw Tang
Catholic bishop
Francis Daw Tang (born December 19, 1949, in Bum Dum village) is the current Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina, in Kachin State, Myanmar.
Since 2003, Daw Tang, an ethnic Kachin, has been the primary clergyman in Myitkyina, overseeing more than 40 priests and often making executive decisions on a variety of projects currently undertaken by the Roman Catholic Church in the highly under-developed region of northern Burma.
During his time as bishop, Daw Tang has frequently petitioned government, military and paramilitary organizations to resolve conflicts and push towards a meaningful peace process in order to mitigate death and displacement. (see Views)
Like many Catholic clergy in Kachin State, Daw Tang is trilingual. He is also chairman of the Episcopal Commission for Laity and a member of Philosophate of Episcopal Commission for Seminaries.
Early life
Daw Tang, like many elder Catholic clergy in Kachin State, was initially baptized by an Irish Columban missionary priest.
Two weeks before turning 30 years old, Daw Tang was ordained deacon on Dec. 4, 1979 in St. Joseph Catholic Major Seminary, Yangon. Earlier that year, he was ordained a priest on March 25 by Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng, the first ethnic Kachin to enter priesthood in the history of Catholicism.
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