Chiu Ban It

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Joshua Chiu Ban It (周万一; 1918 – 9 November 2016) was the Bishop of Singapore from 1966 to 1981, [1] and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore. [2]

Chiu was born in 1918. [3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1941 and after a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge in 1943, was ordained deacon in 1945 and priest in 1946. [4] His first post was as Curate at St Francis, Bournville [5] [6] after which he was Priest in charge of St Hilda, Katong. [7] and then Vicar of Selangor.

From 1959 to 1961, Chiu was Home Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from then, until his elevation to the episcopate, [8] held a similar post with the World Council of Churches as Secretary of Laymen. [9]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Singapore
1966 – 1981		Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ↑ Bishops of Singapore
  2. ↑ Chapman, Mark (2006). Anglicanism : a very short introduction. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-280693-2. OCLC   170968642.
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 92.
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
  5. ↑ Church web-site
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
  7. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  8. ↑ Consecration details Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Church Times: "Deaths", 2 December 2016, p 29" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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