Bishop of Chekiang
The Bishop of Chekiang, exercised episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Chekiang of the Anglican Church in China. The diocese, similar in extent to the present-day Zhejiang, was originally established as part of the Church of England.
The first bishop was appointed in 1908 following the resignation of George Moule as Bishop of Mid-China.
In 1918 Tsae-seng Sing, archdeacon of Chekiang from 1910 to 1918, was consecrated as assistant Bishop of the diocese, becoming the first ethnic Chinese bishop in the Anglican communion.[1]
In 1958 the last Bishop of Chekiang, K. H. Ting, lost his diocese when all Anglican and other Protestant Christian denominations were compulsorily merged into the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. However, Ting remained President emeritus of the China Christian Council until his death in 2012.
List of Bishops of Chekiang
| Bishops of Chekiang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1908 | 1928 | Herbert James Molony | Previously a missionary in India[2] |
| 1929 | 1950 | John Curtis | Previously a member of the Dublin University Mission to Fukien, 1909–28[3] |
| 1950 | 1955 | Kimber Den | Imprisoned 1952, released 1956. |
| 1955 | 1958 | K. H. Ting | Previously principal of the Nanking Union Theological Seminary. Never replaced. |
See also
References
- ^ 'Chinese Bishop' in Foreign Missions Year Book of North America, 1919 (Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1919), p. 30
- ^ ‘MOLONY, Rt Rev. Herbert James’, in Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2008; online edition by Oxford University Press, 2007 accessed 20 January 2012 (subscription required)
- ^ ‘CURTIS, Rt Rev. John’, in Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2008; online edition by Oxford University Press, 2007accessed 20 January 2012 (subscription required)
- F. L. Cross, ed., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford University Press, 1957)