Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was the Anglican-Episcopal Church in China. It was formally established as the Anglican-Episcopal Province of China in 1912. Soon after the communist revolution in China in 1949, it ceased to exist. Its dioceses in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 and Macao

Mação

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 became an independent province

Province

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 (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui). Communicants who moved to Taiwan

Taiwan

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 established the Taiwan Episcopal Church

Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan

The Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan is a diocese in Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising Taiwan . The diocese was established by the Episcopal Church in 1954.-History:...

.

History

Mission to China started its activities in 1799 and moved to China in 1842. Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was formally established in 1912.

Hua Pei Diocese (1880)

• Churches: Holy Saviour's Cathedral
  Holy Saviour's Cathedral (Beijing)
  Holy Saviour's Cathedral is a former Anglican Diocesan cathedral in Xicheng District, Beijing....
  
   (Diocesan Cathedral) in Beijing
  Beijing
  Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
  
  , All Saints' Church in Tianjin
  Tianjin
  ' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
  
  , Dalian Anglican Church in Dalian, etc.

See also

• Christianity in China
  Christianity in China
  Christianity in China is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants , Catholics , and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although its lineage in China is not as ancient as the institutional religions of Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism, and the social system and ideology of...
  
  
• Protestantism in China
  Protestantism in China
  Protestant Christianity entered China in the early 19th century, taking root in a significant way during the Qing Dynasty. Some historians consider the Taiping Rebellion to have been influenced by Protestant Christian teachings. Since the mid-20th century, there has been an increase in the number...
  
  
• Diocese of North China
  Diocese of North China
  The Diocese of North China was an Anglican diocese in China.-Bishops of the Diocese:*William Armstrong Russell *Charles Perry Scott*Francis Lushington Norris...
  
  
• Anglican diocese of Shanghai
• Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao
  Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao
  The Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao was one of the dioceses in the Anglican Communion which did not previously belong to an ecclesiastical province. It was formed in 1951 from the previous Diocese of Victoria in the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui...
  
  
• Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong
  Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong
  The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong was the Ordinary of a corporation sole including Hong Kong and South China that ministered to 20,000 Anglicans....
  
  

• Anglican Communion
  Anglican Communion
  The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
  
  
• Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
• Taiwan Episcopal Church
  Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan
  The Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan is a diocese in Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising Taiwan . The diocese was established by the Episcopal Church in 1954.-History:...
  
  

External links

• A Short History of Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (in Chinese)
• Historical documents on Anglicanism in China from Project Canterbury
  Project Canterbury
  Project Canterbury is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus...