Chiu Ban It
Joshua Chiu Ban It was the Bishop of Singapore from 1966 to 1982.[1]
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[2] after which he was Priest in charge of St Hilda, Katong.[3] and then Vicar of Selangor.
From 1959 to 1962, Chiu was Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from then, until his elevation to the Episcopate,[4] held a similar post with the Laymen World Council of Churches.
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| Preceded by Cyril Kenneth Sansbury |
Bishop of Singapore 1966 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Moses Tay Leng Kong |
Notes
- ↑ Bishops of Singapore
- ↑ Church web-site
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Consecration details
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