John Holden (1882–1949) was a missionary Anglican bishop.Trove
Biography He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University“Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 He was ordained in 1907Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941 and went to work for the Church Missionary Society in China, becoming in time an archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan "Ecclesiastical News. The New Bishop of Kwangsi". The Times Thursday, Jul 26, 1923; pg. 15; Issue 43403; col E and was translated to Szechwan (Diocese of Western China) in 1933The Times, Tuesday, Nov 14, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46601; col C Ecclesiastical News Oversea Bishoprics and later to Western Szechwan. Returning to England in 1938 he became an Assistant Bishop of Truro (until death), Vicar of St Budock (until 1944), a Canon Residentiary of Truro Cathedral (1944–1947) and then Archdeacon of Cornwall.Brown (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; p. 103, 118 He died on 14 August 1949."Bishop John Holden" The Times Monday, Aug 15, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51460; col E
See also Anglicanism in Sichuan Diocese of Truro Frederick Boreham
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