John Holden
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John Holden, c. 1920s
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| Church | Church in China |
| Diocese | West Szechwan |
| Installed | 1936 |
| Term ended | 1937 |
| Predecessor | Howard Mowll (as Bishop of Western China) |
| Successor | Song Cheng-tsi |
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| Born | 1882 (1882) |
| Died | 1949 (aged 66–67) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Durham |
John Holden (1882–1949) was a missionary Anglican bishop.[1]
He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University[2] He was ordained in 1907[3] and went to work for the Church Missionary SocietyinChina, becoming in time an archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan [4] and was translatedtoSzechwan (Diocese of Western China) in 1933[5] and later to Western Szechwan. Returning to England in 1938 he became an Assistant Bishop of Truro (until death), VicarofSt Budock (until 1944), a Canon ResidentiaryofTruro Cathedral (1944–1947) and then Archdeacon of Cornwall.[6][2] He died on 14 August 1949.[7]
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