Jump to content

Chiu Ban It: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Insert link
Correction of date of birth, insert references, insert links
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Joshua Chiu Ban It''' ({{lang|zh|周万一}}; {{c.|1921}} – 9 November 2016) was the [[Bishop of Singapore]] from 1966 to 1981,<ref>[http://www.jamesfamilytree.org.uk/BishopofSingapore.htm Bishops of Singapore]</ref> and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore.<ref name="Chapman 2006 p. 84 ">{{cite book | last=Chapman | first=Mark | title=Anglicanism : a very short introduction | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford New York | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-19-280693-2 | oclc=170968642 }}</ref>
'''Joshua Chiu Ban It''' ({{lang|zh|周万一}}; 1918 – 9 November 2016) was the [[Bishop of Singapore]] from 1966 to 1981,<ref>[http://www.jamesfamilytree.org.uk/BishopofSingapore.htm Bishops of Singapore]</ref> and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore.<ref name="Chapman 2006 p. 84 ">{{cite book | last=Chapman | first=Mark | title=Anglicanism : a very short introduction | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford New York | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-19-280693-2 | oclc=170968642 }}</ref>


Chiu graduated with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[University of London]] in 1941 and was ordained after a period of study at [[Westcott House, Cambridge]] in 1943. His first post was as [[Curate]] at St Francis [[Bournville]]<ref>[http://www.bournvilleparishchurch.org.uk/ Church web-site]</ref> after which he was [[Priest in charge]] of St Hilda, [[Katong]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> and then [[Vicar]] of [[Selangor]].
Chiu was born in 1918.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86'', 89th Edition, p 92.</ref> He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[University of London]] in 1941 and after a period of study at [[Westcott House, Cambridge]] in 1943, was ordained deacon in 1945 and priest in 1946.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74'', 85th Edition, p 174.</ref> His first post was as [[Curate]] at [[St Francis of Assisi's Church, Bournville|St Francis, Bournville]]<ref>[http://www.bournvilleparishchurch.org.uk/ Church web-site]</ref><ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74'', 85th Edition, p 174.</ref> after which he was [[Priest in charge]] of St Hilda, [[Katong]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> and then [[Vicar]] of [[Selangor]].


From 1959 to 1961, Chiu was Home Secretary of the [[Anglican Board of Mission - Australia|Australian Board of Missions]] and from then, until his elevation to the [[Episcopate]],<ref>[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/chiubait-1966a.pdf Consecration details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084007/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/chiubait-1966a.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> held a similar post with the [[World Council of Churches]] as Secretary of Laymen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/view/pagview/ChTm_2016_12_02_029|title=''Church Times'': "Deaths", 2 December 2016, p 29|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
From 1959 to 1961, Chiu was Home Secretary of the [[Australian Board of Missions]] and from then, until his elevation to the [[episcopate]],<ref>[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/chiubait-1966a.pdf Consecration details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084007/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/chiubait-1966a.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> held a similar post with the [[World Council of Churches]] as Secretary of Laymen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/view/pagview/ChTm_2016_12_02_029|title=''Church Times'': "Deaths", 2 December 2016, p 29|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
Line 22: Line 22:
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Ban It}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Ban It}}
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:Anglican bishops of Singapore]]
[[Category:Anglican bishops of Singapore]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]

Latest revision as of 17:38, 19 December 2023

Joshua Chiu Ban It (周万一; 1918 – 9 November 2016) was the Bishop of Singapore from 1966 to 1981,[1] and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore.[2]

Chiu was born in 1918.[3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1941 and after a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge in 1943, was ordained deacon in 1945 and priest in 1946.[4] His first post was as Curate at St Francis, Bournville[5][6] after which he was Priest in charge of St Hilda, Katong.[7] and then Vicar of Selangor.

From 1959 to 1961, Chiu was Home Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from then, until his elevation to the episcopate,[8] held a similar post with the World Council of Churches as Secretary of Laymen.[9]

[edit]
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Singapore
1966 – 1981 		Succeeded by

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Bishops of Singapore
  2. ^ Chapman, Mark (2006). Anglicanism : a very short introduction. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280693-2. OCLC 170968642.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 92.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
  5. ^ Church web-site
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  8. ^ Consecration details Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Church Times: "Deaths", 2 December 2016, p 29". Retrieved 4 August 2021.


Stub icon

This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of SingaporeBiography icon

This Singaporean biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Chiu_Ban_It&oldid=1190755533"