Francis Hsu
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His Excellency,
The Most Reverend
Francis Hsu Chen-Ping
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Bishop of Hong Kong | |
Diocese | Hong Kong |
Installed | 30 November 1968 |
Term ended | 23 May 1973 |
Predecessor | Lorenzo Bianchi |
Successor | Peter Lei |
Orders | |
Ordination | 14 March 1959 |
Consecration |
7 October 1967
by Lorenzo Bianchi |
Personal details | |
Born |
(
1920-02-20
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20 February 1920
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Died |
23 May 1973
(1973-05-23)
(aged
53)
British Hong Kong |
Buried | Crypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , Hong Kong |
Nationality | Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies |
Denomination | Catholic |
Residence | Hong Kong |
Previous post(s) |
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Alma mater |
Oxford University
St. John's University, Shanghai |
Motto | Laetus Serviam |
Coat of arms |
Ordination history of
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Styles of
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Reference style |
His Excellency
The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Francis Hsu Chen-Ping simplified Chinese : 徐诚斌 ; traditional Chinese : 徐誠斌 ; pinyin : Xú Chéngbīn ; (20 February 1920 – 23 May 1973), was a Chinese clergyman. He was the third bishop , (the first ethnically- Chinese one), of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong .
Born into a Methodist family in Shanghai , Hsu joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947. He studied at St. John's University, Shanghai in 1936. He was awarded Master of Arts from Merton College, Oxford . [2]
Hsu escaped to Hong Kong in 1950 after the Kuomintang left mainland China . He was later ordained a Priest in Rome on 14 March 1959. Hsu was the editor of Kung Kao Po , a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, from 1959 to 1965. On 1 July 1967, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong and Titular Bishop of Orrea. After the resignation of Lorenzo Bianchi in 1969, he was appointed bishop of Hong Kong .
Francis Hsu died in Hong Kong on 23 May 1973 from a heart attack.
See also
References
- ↑ Hutton, Mercedes (3 October 2019). "Remembering Hong Kong's first Chinese bishop, Francis Hsu" . South China Morning Post . Retrieved 6 December 2019 .
- ↑ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964 . Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 349.
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First |
Auxiliary Bishop
of Hong Kong
1967–1969 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Peter Lei
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First |
Apostolic Administrator
of Hong Kong
1968–1969 |
Vacant
Title next held by
John Tong Hon
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Preceded by |
Bishop of Hong Kong
1969–1973 |
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TITULAR
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Bishop of Horrea 1967–1969 |
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