The Diocese of North China (Chinese: 聖公會華北教區; Wade–Giles: Shêng Kung Hui Hua Pei Chiao Chʽü; lit. 'Anglican Diocese of North China'), also known as Hua Pei Diocese (華北教區), was an Anglican diocese in China established under the supervision of the Church of England. From 1875 till the establishment of the Anglican-Episcopal Province of China in 1912, the diocesan headquarters were located in the compound of Holy Trinity Church, Shanghai.
Diocese of North China 聖公會華北教區 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Qing and Republican China |
| Territory | North China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Church in China |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Rite | Anglican Rite |
| Established | 1880[1] |
| Dissolved | c. 1958 |
| Cathedral | Holy Saviour's Cathedral, Peking |
| Language | English, Mandarin Chinese |
| Parent church | Church of England |
Bishops of the Diocese
edit- 1872–1879: William Armstrong Russell, who also had some functions in the region before the creation of the diocese.
- 1880–1913: Charles Perry Scott
- 1914–1940: Francis Lushington Norris
Assistant Bishops
edit- Tsae-seng Sing, Assistant Bishop in the Diocese 1918–1940
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The S.P.G. in North China" (PDF). ecommons.cornell.edu. 1914. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- Church Work in North China: A Sketch of the Church of England mission in North China, together with an Account of the Formation of the Diocese (1891)
- H.H. Montgomery, Charles Perry Scott: First Bishop in North China (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1928.)
- 公禱書: 在華北教區試用, 主教鄂方智 The Book of Common Prayer in Chinese, authorized for the Diocese of North China (1937)
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