Bishop of Victoria

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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.

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Bishops

Assistant bishops

Among the assistant bishop of the diocese, there were:

Archdeacons

Archdeacons during Ronald Hall's time included: Lee Kau Yan, Archdeacon of Hong Kong from 1946; Tsang Kei Ngok, Archdeacon of Beihan from 1946; Mo-Yung In, of Beihan from 1949; and Chung Yan Laap (John), of Hong Kong from 1965. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Page 1552 | Issue 20977, 11 May 1849 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
  2. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Bishop of Victoria incorporation ordinance
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
  5. 1 2 Handbook to the Diocese of Victoria (Hong Kong and South China) 1924. Chapter III. The Story of the Past. pp. 10–
  6. ↑ "Church news: Retired colonials" . Church Times . No. 479. 5 April 1872. p. 156. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 23 December 2021– via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ↑ "Church news. (Col. D & page 94, col. A)" . Church Times . No. 3757. 25 January 1935. p. 93. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 2 January 2022– via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ↑ "Anglican bishop held by Chinese bandits" . Church Times . No. 4538. 27 January 1950. p. 59. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 1 January 2022– via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ↑ Chan-Yeung, p. 217
  10. ↑ 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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