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 Never replaced K. H. Ting Previously principal of the Nanking Union Theological Seminary

See also

References
  1. 'Chinese Bishop' in Foreign Missions Year Book of North America, 1919 (Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1919), p. 30
  2. ‘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)
  3. ‘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)
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