Diocese of North China
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The Diocese of North China was an Anglican diocese
in China.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
in China.
Bishops of the Diocese
- William Armstrong RussellWilliam Armstrong RussellWilliam Armstrong Russell was an Irish Protestant Christian missionary to China, and served as the Anglican Bishop of North China.Russell, son of Marcus Carew Russell, by Fanny Potts, was born at Ballydavid House, Littleton, County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1821, and was educated at Middleton school,...
(held jurisdiction in this region before creation of the diocese) - Charles Perry ScottCharles Perry ScottCharles Perry Scott was a Anglican missionary bishop.Scott was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father was the Rev. John Scott, sometime Vicar of St Mary, Hull. He was educated at Charterhouse and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1870...
- Francis Lushington NorrisFrancis Lushington NorrisFrancis Lushington Norris was an Anglican missionary bishop.Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1888, his first ministry position was as a curate at Tewkesbury Abbey. after which he went to China as an SPG missionary. In 1914 he became the Bishop...
- Tsae-seng Sing, Assistant Bishop in the English Diocese of North China