Bishop of Victoria
The Bishop of Victoria,[1] Hong Kong[2] was (from 1849 to 1951) the Ordinary of a corporation sole[3] including Hong Kong and South China[4] that ministered to 20,000 Anglicans.
Bishops[]
- 1849 – 1865 (ret.): George Smith[5]
- 1867 – 1872 (res.):[6] Charles Alford
- 1874 – 1897 (ret.): John Burdon[5]
- 1898 – 1906 (d.): Joseph Hoare
- 1907 – 1920: Gerard Lander
- 1920 – 1932: Ridley Duppuy
- 1932 – 1951: Ronald Hall (became the first Bishop of Hong Kong and Macao)
Assistant bishops[]
Among the assistant bishop of the diocese, there were:
- Bishops of Guangzhou: from 1935, Victor Halward from 1946, and from 1950;
- Bishops of Yunnan-Guizhou: from 1940 and from 1946;
- and James C. L. Wong was Bishop of Jesselton from 1960 until his 1965 translation to Taiwan.
Archdeacons[]
Archdeacons during Ronald Hall's time included: , Archdeacon of Hong Kong from 1946; , Archdeacon of Beihan from 1946; Mo-Yung In, of Beihan from 1949; and (John), of Hong Kong from 1965.[7]
Notes[]
- ^ "Page 1552 | Issue 20977, 11 May 1849 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bishop of Victoria incorporation ordinance
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ a b Handbook to the Diocese of Victoria (Hong Kong and South China) 1924. Chapter III. The Story of the Past. pp. 10–
- ^ "Church news: Retired colonials". Church Times (#479). 5 April 1872. p. 156. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 December 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Chan-Yeung, Moira M. W. (December 2015). The Practical Prophet: Bishop Ronald O. Hall of Hong Kong and His Legacies. ISBN 9789888208777.
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