Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai

Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (CHSKH, Chinese: 中華聖公會), known in English as the Holy Catholic Church in China or Anglican-Episcopal Province of China, was the Anglican Church in China from 1912 until about 1958, when it ceased operations.

History

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Cover of the booklet The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, published by the Episcopal Church of the United States, New York City, 1913.

The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was established on 26 April 1912 by the merger of the various mission activities of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church of the United States, Anglican Church of Canada and other Anglican provinces into one autonomous jurisdiction.[1][2] The merger of the respective Anglican missionary initiatives in China into one national church echoed similar steps that were taken in 1887 to establish the Nippon Sei Ko Kai or Anglican Church in Japan.

After 1949, its dioceses in Hong Kong and Macao became the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao, later reorganized as an independent Anglican province, the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. Those who fled to Taiwan with the Chinese Nationalists established the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, a diocese of the Episcopal Church of the United States. The CHSKH was never formally dissolved, but all activities had ended by 1958.[3]

Anglican mission initiatives in China prior to 1912

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Education

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Dioceses

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St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong

Mo-Yung In was consecrated a bishop on 25 March 1950, to serve as Bishop of Guangzhou/Guangdong, in preparation for the severing of the Hong Kong diocese from the Chinese church.[11]

Church in China

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Holy Saviour's Cathedral in Beijing was the cathedral of North China.

The Church in China is the name by which Anglican missions under the jurisdiction of the Church of England were called between 1849 and 1949.[12] Bishops' jurisdictions included

Jurisdictions

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The Anglican Church in China was divided into eleven jurisdictions as of 1913.[13]

Jurisdiction Bishop Maintained by
North China C. P. Scott (1880) Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Shantung G. D. Iliff (1903) Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Western China W. W. Cassels (1895) Church of England Missionary Society
Shanghai F. R. Graves (1893) American Episcopal Church
Hankow L. H. Roots (1904) American Episcopal Church
Wuhu D. T. Huntington (1912) American Episcopal Church
Honan W. C. White (1909) Church of England in Canada
Cheh-Kiang H. J. Molony (1908) Church of England Missionary Society
Kiangsi and Hunan W. Banister (1909) Church of England Missionary Society
Fuh-Kien H. McC E. Price (1906) Church of England Missionary Society
Victoria (Hong Kong) G. H. Lander (1907) Church of England Missionary Society

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Armentrout, Donald (2000). An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church. New York: Church Publishing Inc. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-89869-211-2.
  2. ^ "The Church Abroad. Synodical events". Church Times. No. 2579. 28 June 1912. p. 915. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ^ Wickeri, Philip L. (2018). "The Vicissitudes of Anglicanism in China, 1912-Present". In Sachs, William L. (ed.). The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume V: Global Anglicanism, C. 1910–2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-964301-1.
  4. ^ "School of Oriental and African Studies Library: Scott Family (North China and Shantung Mission)". Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  5. ^ The American Church Almanac and Year Book, 1911, Bishops of the Anglican Communion, 1912, p. 452
  6. ^ The Building News and Engineering Journal, vol. 105, no. 3068, 24 Oct Oct. 1913, p. 582
  7. ^ a b Gray, G.F.S. (1996). Anglicans in China: A History of the Zhonghua Shenggong Hui (Chung Hua Sheng Kung Huei) (PDF). The Episcopal China Mission History Project. p. 37. OCLC 476688351. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  8. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  9. ^ "Chinese church demolition condemned: The Church of England Newspaper, November 18, 2011 p 6". 21 November 2011.
  10. ^ Chan-Yeung, Moira M. W. (December 2015). The Practical Prophet: Bishop Ronald O. Hall of Hong Kong and His Legacies. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888208777.
  11. ^ Chan-Yeung, Moira M. W. (December 2015). The Practical Prophet: Bishop Ronald O. Hall of Hong Kong and His Legacies. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888208777.
  12. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory. OUP, 1948; pp. 2000–2003
  13. ^ The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui. New York: American Episcopal Church. 1913. p. 15.
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