John Holden | |
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Bishop of West Szechwan | |
![]() John Holden, c. 1920s | |
Church | Church in China |
Diocese | West Szechwan |
Installed | 1936 |
Term ended | 1937 |
Predecessor | Howard Mowll (as Bishop of Western China) |
Successor | Song Cheng-tsi |
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Born | 1882 (1882) |
Died | 1949 (aged 66–67) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | St John's College, Durham |
John Holden (1882–1949) was a missionary Anglican bishop.[1]
He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University[2] He was ordained in 1907[3] and went to work for the Church Missionary Society in China, becoming in time an archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan [4] and was translated to Szechwan (Diocese of Western China) in 1933[5] and later to Western Szechwan. Returning to England in 1938 he became an Assistant Bishop of Truro (until death), Vicar of St Budock (until 1944), a Canon Residentiary of Truro Cathedral (1944–1947) and then Archdeacon of Cornwall.[6][2] He died on 14 August 1949.[7]
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