Frederick Rogers Graves (Chinese name: ; October 23, 1858 – May 17, 1940) was an American missionary to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and was the longest serving bishop in China. Graves succeeded William Jones Boone to serve as the fifth missionary bishop of the Anglican diocese of Shanghai from 1893 to 1937. Graves assisted in the organization of the

Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (CHSKH, zh, t=中華聖公會), known in English as the Holy Catholic Church in China or Anglican-Episcopal Province of China, was the Anglican Church in China from 1912 until about 1958, when it ceased operations. Hist ...

, and served as chairman of its House of Bishops from 1915 to 1926. Due to his position as a bishop, he had heavily involved in the administration of

St. John's University, Shanghai St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. It was founded in 1879 by American missionaries. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Communist government closed the university in 1952. Most of its facul ...

. He resigned his See effective October 9, 1937. He was succeeded by William Payne Roberts. Graves participated in the consecration of a number of other bishops, including *

Daniel Trumbull Huntington Daniel Trumbull Huntington (Chinese name: zh, t=韓仁敦, s=韩仁敦, first=t, labels=no; born August 4, 1868) was an American missionary to China. Huntington was born in Norwich, Connecticut, educated at Yale University and ordained in 1896. ...

* William Payne Roberts * James Addison Ingle * Sidney Catlin Partridge, first Bishop of Kyoto

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CSCA Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui Source DocumentsHistorical documents on Anglicanism in China
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1858 births 1940 deaths Anglican missionaries in China Episcopal bishops of Shanghai 20th-century Anglican bishops in China Anglican missionary bishops in China {{Anglican-bishop-stub