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The Rt. Rev. Kwang-Hsu Michael Chang was a
bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...
of the
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. He was educated at Trinity College Foochow and
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...
in 1923. He was consecrated an
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of Kwangsi-Hunan on 10 October 1943 and appointed Bishop of Fukien in 1944.


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Anglican missionary bishops in China 1898 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in China Anglican bishops of Kwangsi-Hunan Anglican bishops in Fukien {{Anglican-bishop-stub