John Holden (bishop)

Memorial in Truro Cathedral

John Holden was a missionary Anglican bishop.^[1]

Biography

He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University^[2] He was ordained in 1907^[3] and went to work for the Church Mission Society in China, becoming in time an archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan ^[4] and was translated to Szechwan in 1933.^[5] Returning to England in 1938 he became Vicar of St Budock and Archdeacon of Cornwall. Six years later he became a residentiary canon at Truro Cathedral and in 1947 he resigned as archdeacon.^[6] He died on 14 August 1949.^[7]

Notes

1. Trove
2. “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
4. "Ecclesiastical News. The New Bishop of Kwangsi". The Times Thursday, Jul 26, 1923; pg. 15; Issue 43403; col E
5. The Times, Tuesday, Nov 14, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46601; col C Ecclesiastical News Oversea Bishoprics
6. Brown (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; p. 103, 118
7. "Bishop John Holden" The Times Monday, Aug 15, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51460; col E