Christopher Sargent

Christopher Birdwood Roussel Sargent (舒展; 4 June 1906 – 8 August 1943) was a schoolmaster, missionary, and bishop of the Anglican Church.

Rev.
Christopher Birdwood Roussel Sargent
Headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School
In office
1932–1938
Preceded byRev. William T. Featherstone
Succeeded byGerald Archer Goodban
Personal details
Born(1904-06-04)4 June 1904
United Kingdom of GB & I
Died8 August 1943(1943-08-08) (aged 37)
Fuzhou, Republican China
Cause of deathMalaria
EducationSt.Paul's School
St. Catherine's College
OccupationSchoolmaster
Bishop

Sargent was born into an ecclesiastical family on 4 June 1906, the son of Church of England priest Douglas Harry Grose Sargent.[1] He was educated at St Paul's School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, then worked as a schoolmaster teaching physics at Wellington College until 1932. At the invitation of Charles Ridley Duppuy, Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, in 1932 he became the headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong. He was ordained as a deacon in 1934[2] and took up the post of assistant bishop of the Diocese of Fukien in 1938;[3][4] he was consecrated by Ronald Hall, Bishop of Victoria.[5] He became diocesan bishop of the same diocese, the Bishop in Fukien, in 1940.[6] Sargent died of malaria in Foochow on 8 August 1943.[7]

Materials for a biography of Reverend Sargent were collected by Reverend Robert W. Howard.

References
  1. Who Was Who 1897–1990 (London, A & C Black 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X)
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
  3. Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop In Fukien DioceseThe Times Tuesday, Jun 21, 1938; pg. 21; Issue 48026; col G
  4. "New Assistant Bishop to the Bishop in Fukien". Church Times. No. 3935. 24 June 1938. p. 749. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. Chan-Yeung, Moira M. W. (December 2015). The Practical Prophet: Bishop Ronald O. Hall of Hong Kong and His Legacies. p. 215. ISBN 9789888208777.
  6. "New Bishop of Fukien". Church Times. No. 4054. 4 October 1940. p. 649. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. Obituary The Rt Rev C. B. R. Sargent The Times Wednesday, Aug 11, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49621; col E
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