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Bishop Hsu, Chen-Ping Francis (徐誠斌主教, February 20, 1920-May 23, 1973), was a Chinese clergyman born on February 20, 1920. He was the third bishop, the first Chinese race|Chinese, of the Hong Kong Catholic diocese. Born in a Methodist family in Shanghai but he joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a University in Nanking. He escaped to Hong Kong in 1950 after the Kuomintang left mainland China. Later on he was ordained Priest in Rome on March 14 1959. He was also the editor of Kung Kao Po, a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, from 1959 to 1965. On July 1, 1967, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong and Titular Bishop of Orrea. After the resignation of Lorenzo Bianchi, he was appointed bishop of Hong Kong. He died on May 23, 1973) with heart disease in Hong Kong.
http://archives.catholic.org.hk/administrators/hsu.htm His Biography by the Catholic Church start box succession box | before=Lorenzo Bianchi| title=Bishop of Hong Kong | years=1969–1973 | after=Peter Lei end box Category:Bishops of Hong Kong|Hsu, Francis Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Hsu, Francis Category:People from Shanghai|Hsu, Francis category:Hong Kong people|Hsu, Francis This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Francis Hsu".
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