Joseph Charles Hoare was an Anglican bishop

Bishop

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 in the late 19th century and the very early 20th.

Hoare was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father was the Rev. E. Hoare, an honorary canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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. He was educated at Tonbridge School

Tonbridge School

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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. He was ordained in 1875 and began his career as a curate

Curate

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 at Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells. After this he was principal

Principal (academia)

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 of the CMS

Church Mission Society

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 Training College at Ningbo

Ningbo

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 from 1878 to 1898.

His last post was as Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong

Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong

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  and the Warden of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong. On 18 September 1906, he and 4 St. Paul's College students were drowned amidst typhoon during a preaching journey in Castle Peak, Tuen Mun.