Francis Lushington Norris (1 September 1864 – 2 July 1945) was an Anglican missionary bishop.[1]
Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained in 1888,[3] his first ministry position was as a curate at Tewkesbury Abbey.[4] after which he went to China as an SPG missionary,[5] serving largely in Peking.[6] In 1914 he became the Bishop of North China.[7] He retired in 1940 and died of pneumonia on 2 July 1945 in the Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, Shanghai.[8]
Anglican Missionary Bishops in China, 1849–1949 | |
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Shensi | |
Chekiang | |
North China | |
Western Szechwan | |
Eastern Szechwan | |
Shantung | |
Fukien | |
Honan | |
Kwangsi and Hunan |