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Francis Hsu

Chinese clergyman

Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong (1967–1968)
Titular Bishop of Horrea (1967–1969)
Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong (1968–1969)

Alma materOxford University
St. John's University, ShanghaiMottoLaetus ServiamCoat of arms

Ordination history of
Francis Hsu

History
Priestly ordination
Date	14 March 1959
Place	Rome, Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Lorenzo Bianchi (Hong Kong)
Co-consecrators	Stanislaus Lo Kuang (Taipei) Petrus Tou Pao-zin (Hsinchu)
Date	7 October 1967
Place	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, British Hong Kong

Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Francis Hsu as principal consecrator
Peter Lei	8 September 1971

Source(s):^[1]

Styles of Francis Hsu Chen-Ping

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping simplified Chinese: 徐诚斌; traditional Chinese: 徐誠斌; pinyin: Xú Chéngbīn; (20 February 1920 – 23 May 1973), was a Chinese clergyman. He was the third bishop, (the first ethnically-Chinese one), of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.

Born into a Methodist family in Shanghai, Hsu joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947. He studied at St. John's University, Shanghai in 1936. He was awarded Master of Arts from Merton College, Oxford.^[2]

Hsu escaped to Hong Kong in 1950 after the Kuomintang left mainland China. He was later ordained a Priest in Rome on 14 March 1959. Hsu was the editor of Kung Kao Po, a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, from 1959 to 1965. On 1 July 1967, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong and Titular Bishop of Orrea. After the resignation of Lorenzo Bianchi in 1969, he was appointed bishop of Hong Kong.

Francis Hsu died in Hong Kong on 23 May 1973 from a heart attack.

References

^ Hutton, Mercedes (3 October 2019). "Remembering Hong Kong's first Chinese bishop, Francis Hsu". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 349.

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His Biography by the Catholic Church

Catholic Church titles
First	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong 1967–1969	Vacant Title next held by Peter Lei
First	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong 1968–1969	Vacant Title next held by John Tong Hon
Preceded by Lorenzo Bianchi	Bishop of Hong Kong 1969–1973	Succeeded by Peter Lei
Preceded by Francis Patrick Carroll	— TITULAR — Bishop of Horrea 1967–1969	Succeeded by Alphonse U Than Aung