Tsae-seng Sing

Tsae-seng Sing (1861 - 1940)[1] was an Anglican bishop in China.[2]

Sing's father (Name Romanized as Shen) was the first clergyman in Chekiang Province. He was educated at Trinity College, Ningpo and ordained in 1890.[3] He was Headmaster of his old college for 29 years. He was also Archdeacon of Chekiang from 1910 to 1918. In that year he was consecrated at Holy Trinity Church, Shanghai to be an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of North China, making him the first person of Chinese descent to be made a Bishop in the Anglican Communion.

References

  1. NPG details
  2. "Sing, Tsae-seng". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 February 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 pp1181/2: London, OUP, 1929


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