Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui
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
The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was established on 26 April 1912 by the merger of the various mission activities of the
Nippon Sei Ko Kai
or Anglican Church in Japan.
After 1949, its
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
- Church of England missionary initiatives referred to as The Church in China (1849–1912)
- Episcopal Church missionary initiatives referred to as the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission (1835–1912)
Education
- Two major universities – Boone University (later called Central China Normal University in 1924) and St. John's University were established for higher education
Dioceses
- Victoria Diocese (1842) had the church of St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong-Macao Diocese (South China Mission, 1849)
- Che Kiang Diocese (Chekiang Mission, 1872) had the church of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai under the Bishop of Chekiang.
- Hua Pei Diocese (1880) had the churches of Holy Saviour's Cathedral – the Diocesan Cathedral) in Beijing, All Saints' Church in Tianjin, and Dalian Anglican Church in Dalian.
- Wanzhou (Chongqing), St John's Church in Chengdu, St John's Cathedral and Trinity Church in Langzhong
- national historic landmark in 1994. In 2010, the church's fate became a matter of bitter controversy when local government officials and developers attempted to demolish the church in the face of the active opposition of the local congregation.[9]
- Fu Kien Diocese (Fukien Mission, 1906)
- Kui Hsiang Diocese (Kwangsi-Hunan Mission, 1909)
- Yun Kui Diocese (Yunnan-Kuichou Mission, 1947) — the first bishop, St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong by Ronald Hall[10]
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
The Church in China is the name by which
missions under the jurisdiction of the Church of England were called between 1849 and 1949.[12]
Bishops' jurisdictions included
- Shensi
- Chekiang
- Diocese of North China
- Szechwan
- Shantung
- Fukien
- Honan (Henan)
- Kwangsi and Hunan
- Mid-China
- Diocese of Western China
Jurisdictions
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
- Christianity in China
- Protestantism in China
- Anglicanism in Sichuan
- Anglican diocese of Shanghai
- Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao
- Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong
- Anglican Communion
- Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
- Taiwan Episcopal Church
- Church of England Zenana Missionary Society
References
- ISBN 978-0-89869-211-2.
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ISBN 978-0-19-964301-1.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The American Church Almanac and Year Book, 1911, Bishops of the Anglican Communion, 1912, p. 452
- ^ The Building News and Engineering Journal, vol. 105, no. 3068, 24 Oct Oct. 1913, p. 582
- ^ OCLC 476688351. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Chinese church demolition condemned: The Church of England Newspaper, November 18, 2011 p 6". 21 November 2011.
- ISBN 9789888208777.
- ISBN 9789888208777.
- OUP, 1948; pp. 2000–2003
- ^ The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui. New York: American Episcopal Church. 1913. p. 15.