Francis Hsu

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping
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 ) 20 February 1920
Shanghai , Republic of China
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)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong (1967?1968)
  • Titular Bishop of Horrea (1967?1969)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong (1968?1969)
Alma mater Oxford University
St. John's University, Shanghai
Motto Laetus Serviam
Coat of arms Francis Hsu Chen-Ping's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Francis Hsu
History
Priestly ordination
Date 14 March 1959
Place Rome , Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Lorenzo Bianchi ( Hong Kong )
Co-consecrators Stanislaus Lo Kuang ( Taipei )
Petrus Tou Pao-zin ( Hsinchu )
Date 7 October 1967
Place Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , British Hong Kong
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Francis Hsu as principal consecrator
Peter Lei 8 September 1971
Source(s): [1]
Styles of
Francis Hsu Chen-Ping
Reference style His Excellency
The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping simplified Chinese : 徐?斌 ; traditional Chinese : 徐誠斌 ; pinyin : Xu Chengb?n ; (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 [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Hutton, Mercedes (3 October 2019). "Remembering Hong Kong's first Chinese bishop, Francis Hsu" . South China Morning Post . Retrieved 6 December 2019 .
  2. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964 . Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 349.

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Catholic Church titles
First Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong
1967?1969 		Vacant
Title next held by
Peter Lei
First Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong
1968?1969 		Vacant
Title next held by
John Tong Hon
Preceded by Bishop of Hong Kong
1969?1973 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ? TITULAR ?
Bishop of Horrea
1967?1969 		Succeeded by
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