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Philip Lindel Tsen
The Rt. Rev. Philip Lindel Tsen (, January 7, 1885 – June 6, 1954) was a bishop of the Anglican Church in China (Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui; ). Tsen was the first Chinese Presiding Bishop of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui and was succeeded by Bishop Robin Chen of the Diocese of Anhui province. Early life and ministry Born in impoverished circumstances in Wuhu, Anhui Province in 1885. Homeless at the age of 14, Tsen was taken in by the Rev. Francis E. Lund of the American Church Mission. One of the few Chinese confirmed by James Addison Ingle during his brief tenure as Bishop of Hankow. A student at St. James High School in Wuhu thereafter Boone College in Wuchang District, Wuchang where he graduated from Boone Divinity School in 1909. Ordained as a deacon in 1909 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Hankow by Bishop Logan H. Roots (bishop), Logan Roots and as an Anglican priest by Bishop Huntingdon in 1912. In 1923 Tsen went to the United States for a year of study at Virginia Theological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng (surname)
Zheng or zhèng ( Hanyu Pinyin) or Cheng ( Wade-Giles) () is a Chinese surname and also the name of an ancient state in today's Henan province. It is written as in traditional Chinese and in simplified Chinese. It is the 7th name on the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. In 2006, Zheng (Cheng/Chang) ranked 21st in China's list of top 100 most common surnames. Zheng (Cheng/Chang) belongs to the second major group of ten surnames which makes up more than 10% of the Chinese population. Zheng (Cheng/Chang) was a major surname of the rich and powerful during China's Tang dynasty. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, the name is normally romanized as Cheng or Tcheng (occasionally romanized as Chang in Hong Kong although that variant is more commonly used for another Chinese name, Zhang). In Malaysia, Cheng is commonly romanized as Cheng, Cheang, Chang, Tay, Tee and Teh. It is spelled as Tay in Singapore and The in Indonesia and Ty in Philippines, from the Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew pronunci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |