William Jones Boone

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name = William Jones Boone


religion = Episcopal Church
See = Shanghai
Title = Bishop of Shanghai
Period = 1844-1874
Predecessor = none
Successor = Channing M. Williams
ordination = 3 March 1837
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date of birth = 1 July 1811
place of birth = Walterborough, South Carolina
date of death = 17 July 1874
place of death = Anglican PortalChristianity in China Portal

:"William Boone directs here. For the character from Earth: Final Conflict, see "William Jones Boone (1 July 1811 - 17 July 1874) was the first Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai.

Life

Boone was born in Walterborough, South Carolina, graduated from the College of South Carolina in 1829 and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained deacon on 18 September 1836 and priest on 3 March 1837. He was appointed a missionary to China on 17 January 1837, and consecrated in October 1844 in Philadelphia as the first missionary bishop of China, where he served until his death in Shanghai 1874. He translated the Book of Common Prayer into Chinese and worked on a Chinese translation of the Bible.

Boone's son, William Jones Boone, Jr., also served as a bishop of Shanghai in the Episcopal Church.

Consecrators:

* The Right Reverend Philander Chase, 1st bishop of Ohio and 1st bishop of Illinois
* The Right Reverend George Washington Doane, 2nd bishop of New Jersey
* The Right Reverend James Hervey Otey, 1st bishop of TennesseeWilliam Jones Boone was the 45th bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church.

Bibliography

* [http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/china/boone_address1837.html "Address in Behalf of the China Mission", By the Rev. William J. Boone, M.D., Missionary of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America to China.]

References

* [http://ecusa.anglican.org/19625_12492_ENG_HTM.htm Episcopal Church Office of Liturgy and Music: William Jones Boone]

ee also

* Protestant missions in China 1807-1953