Francis Hsu


Francis Hsu
Bishop of Hong Kong
DioceseHong Kong
Installed30 November 1968
Term ended23 May 1973
PredecessorLorenzo Bianchi
SuccessorPeter Lei
Orders
Ordination14 March 1959
Consecration7 October 1967
by Lorenzo Bianchi
Personal details
Born(1920-02-20)20 February 1920
Shanghai, Republic of China
Died23 May 1973(1973-05-23) (aged 53)
British Hong Kong
BuriedCrypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
NationalityCitizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
DenominationCatholic
ResidenceHong Kong
Alma materOxford University
St. John's University, Shanghai
MottoLaetus Serviam
Coat of armsFrancis Hsu's coat of arms
Styles of
Francis Hsu
Coat of arms of Francis Hsu Chen Ping.svg
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Posthumous stylenone

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 Chinese one), of the Hong Kong Catholic diocese.

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.[1]

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

  1. ^ 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
Lorenzo Bianchi
Bishop of Hong Kong
1969–1973
Succeeded by
Peter Lei
Preceded by
Francis Patrick Carroll
— TITULAR —
Bishop of Horrea
1967–1969
Succeeded by
Alphonse U Than Aung

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