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Paul Zingtung Grawng (20 March 1935 – 24 October 2020) was a
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
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archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
. Zingtung Grawng was born in
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as
titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of 'Rusguniea' and as auxiliary bishop and bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina (Lat: ''Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions req ...
, Myanmar, from 1976 to 2003 and as archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay Archdiocese of Mandalay is located in the central part of Myanmar. It covers about and comprises the southern part of Sagaing Region, almost the whole Mandalay Region and the eastern part of Magwe Region. The archdiocese has the suffragan dioceses ...
Myanmar, from 2003 to 2014.


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