His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping
Bishop of Hong Kong
DioceseHong Kong
Installed30 November 1968
Term ended23 May 1973
PredecessorLorenzo Bianchi
SuccessorPeter Lei
Orders
Ordination14 March 1959
Consecration7 October 1967
by Lorenzo Bianchi
Personal details
Born(1920-02-20)20 February 1920
Shanghai, Republic of China
Died23 May 1973(1973-05-23) (aged 53)
British Hong Kong
BuriedCrypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
NationalityCitizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
DenominationCatholic
ResidenceHong Kong
Previous post(s)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong (1967–1968)
  • Titular Bishop of Horrea (1967–1969)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong (1968–1969)
Alma materOxford University
St. John's University, Shanghai
MottoLaetus Serviam
Coat of armsFrancis Hsu Chen-Ping's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Francis Hsu
History
Priestly ordination
Date14 March 1959
PlaceRome, Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorLorenzo Bianchi (Hong Kong)
Co-consecratorsStanislaus Lo Kuang (Taipei)
Petrus Tou Pao-zin (Hsinchu)
Date7 October 1967
PlaceCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, British Hong Kong
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Francis Hsu as principal consecrator
Peter Lei8 September 1971
Source(s):[1]
Styles of
Francis Hsu Chen-Ping
Reference styleHis Excellency
The Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping simplified Chinese: 徐诚斌; traditional Chinese: 徐誠斌; pinyin: Xú Chéngbīn; (20 February 1920 – 23 May 1973), was a Chinese clergyman. He was the third bishop, (the first ethnically-Chinese one), of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.

Born into a Methodist family in Shanghai, Hsu joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947. He studied at St. John's University, Shanghai in 1936. He was awarded Master of Arts from Merton College, Oxford.[2]

Hsu escaped to Hong Kong in 1950 after the Kuomintang left mainland China. He was later ordained a Priest in Rome on 14 March 1959. Hsu was the editor of Kung Kao Po, a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, from 1959 to 1965. On 1 July 1967, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong and Titular Bishop of Orrea. After the resignation of Lorenzo Bianchi in 1969, he was appointed bishop of Hong Kong.

Francis Hsu died in Hong Kong on 23 May 1973 from a heart attack.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hutton, Mercedes (3 October 2019). "Remembering Hong Kong's first Chinese bishop, Francis Hsu". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 349.

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