Francis Hsu

Francis Hsu

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Chen-Ping Francis Hsu (zh-t|t=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, 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 National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947. He was studied in University of St. John in Shanghai in 1936. He was awarded Master of Arts in Oxford University, England. 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) from heart disease in Hong Kong.

Bishop Hsu dreamt of establishing a Catholic University of Hong Kong to educate the local post-secondary students. To this end, the Caritas Francis Hsu College was established in 1985 in an effort to fulfill the late bishop's dreams. As of 2007, Caritas Francis Hsu College hopes to gain full university status within 10 years, and form the basis of a Catholic university for Hong Kong.

ee also

*Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

External links

* [http://archives.catholic.org.hk/administrators/hsu.htm His Biography by the Catholic Church]


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