The Venerable Vyvyan Henry Donnithorne, MC, MA was Archdeacon of Western Szechwan from 1935 to 1949.
V. H. Donnithorne at West China Union University, 1931.
The Diocese of Western China, also known as Diocese of Szechwan or Hua Hsi Diocese (華西教區), was an Anglican diocese in late-Qing-dynasty and Republican China, established in 1895, under the supervision of the Church of England. It had belonged to the Church in China since its outset, and had been part of the Chinese Anglican Church since 1912. In 1936, it was divided into the Diocese of East Szechwan (聖公會東川教區) and Diocese of West Szechwan (聖公會西川教區).
The diocesan cathedral, circa 1914
The Bulletin of the Diocese of Western China (No. 121) published in July 1934.
Seal of the Diocese of Western China, as seen on the memorial of John Holden at Truro Cathedral.