- Chiu Ban It
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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.
Church of England titles Preceded by
Cyril Kenneth SansburyBishop of Singapore
1966 – 1982Succeeded by
Moses Tay Leng KongNotes
- ^ Bishops of Singapore
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ Consecration details
Bishops of Singapore George Frederick Hose • Charles James Ferguson-Davie • Basil Colby Roberts • John Leonard Wilson • Henry Wolfe Baines • Cyril Kenneth Sansbury • Joshua Chiu Ban It • Moses Tay Leng Kong • John Chew Hiang Chea •
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