Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao

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The Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao was an extra-provincial diocese in the Anglican Communion serving Hong Kong and Macau. It existed from 1951 until 1998, when it was reorganized as an autonomous Anglican church, the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui.

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History

The diocese was a remnant of the older Anglican Diocese of Victoria, part of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui,[ clarify ] China's autonomous Anglican church. The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was effectively abolished in 1949 during the Chinese Revolution due to the formation of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. Anglicans in Hong Kong and Macau reorganized the diocese, which was essentially extra-provincial under the Archbishop of Canterbury. The diocese was abolished in 1998 upon the formation of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui as a province of the Anglican Communion in its own right. It was split into four new dioceses: three in Hong Kong and a missionary area covering Macao. [1]

Bishops

Cheung Wing Ngok

Luke Cheung Wing Ngok (Chinese :張榮岳; 28 January 1916 –8 January 1979) was an Anglican bishop who served as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau, 1978–1979. [2] Having served as Archdeacon of Hong Kong and Vicar of St Stephen's Church for three decades, [3] Cheung was consecrated a bishop on 13 June 1978 at St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong), [2] but only served for a few months, before he died of cancer in January 1979. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Constitution (Series 1, Version 2, 28 February 2000)". Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. 28 February 2000. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao Bishops, 1951–1998" (PDF). Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Archives. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Wickeri, Philip L. & Chen Ruiwen. Thy Kingdom Come: A Photographic History of Anglicanism in Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China (2019, Hong Kong University Press) p. 155


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