Christopher Sargent

C.B.R. Sargent

The Rt. Rev. Christopher Birdwood Roussel Sargent (舒展) was a missionary of the Anglican Church.

Biography

He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 4 June 1906, ^[1]educated at St Paul's and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and worked as a teacher of physics at Wellington College until 1932. Invited by Charles Ridley Duppuy, Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, he became the headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong in 1932. He was ordained as a deacon in 1934^[2] and took up the post Bishop of the Diocese of Fukien in 1938.^[3] Bishop Sargent died of malaria in Foochow on 8 August 1943.^[4]

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1. ^ His father was the Rev. Douglas Harry Grose Sargent > “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
3. ^ Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop In Fukien DioceseThe Times Tuesday, Jun 21, 1938; pg. 21; Issue 48026; col G
4. ^ Obituary The Rt Rev C. B. R. Sargent The Times Wednesday, Aug 11, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49621; col E

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Preceded by John Hind	Bishop in Fukien 1938–1943	Succeeded by Kwang-Hsu Michael Chang

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Name	Sargent, C. B. R.
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Date of birth	1906
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Date of death	1943
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