Diocese of Western China
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The Diocese of Western China, also known as Diocese of Szechwan or Hua Hsi Diocese, was an Anglican diocese in late-Qing-dynasty and Republican China, established in 1895, under the supervision of the
The diocesan cathedral, circa 1914
The Bulletin of the Diocese of Western China (№ 121) published in July 1934.
Seal of the Diocese of Western China, as seen on the memorial of John Holden at Truro Cathedral.
Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp
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Sir Montagu Harry Proctor-Beauchamp, 7th Baronet was a British Anglican Christian missionary.
Diocese of Western China
…the China Inland Mission (CIM), arrived in Shanghai in 1885. Four of them —William Cassels, Arthur T. Polhill-Turner, Cecil H. Polhill-Turner, and Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp— were sent up by the CIM into the Western Province of Szechwan, where they established a proper Church of England diocese. Arthur's elder brother…
The Cambridge Seven in Qing-dynasty mandarin clothing