Kenneth Bevan
Kenneth Graham Bevan | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of East Szechwan | |
| Church | Church in China |
| Diocese | East Szechwan |
| Installed | 1940 |
| Term ended | 1950 |
| Predecessor | Frank Houghton |
| Successor | Tsai Fuh-tsu |
| Other post(s) | Assistant Bishop of Wakefield |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1940 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1898 |
| Died | 3 December 1993(aged 95) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | James Alfred Bevan Annie Susan Woodall |
| Spouse | Jocelyn Duncan |
| Alma mater | |
Kenneth Graham Bevan(27 September 1898 – 3 December 1993) was anAnglicanmissionary bishopin China.
Early life
[edit]Bevan was born in 1898, inHampstead,where his father was a curate. He was the son of the Rev.James Alfred Bevan,[1]who had captainedWalesin their first internationalrugby unionmatch, and his wife Annie. He was educated atGreat Yarmouth Grammar Schooland theLondon College of Divinity.
Career
[edit]He was ordained deacon in 1923, and priest in 1924, and was then acurateat Holy Trinity,Tunbridge Wells(nowTrinity Theatre)[2]beforemissionaryservice with theAnglican-Episcopal Province of Chinafrom 1925. Consecrated a bishop in 1940 inHoly Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai,for 10 years he wasBishop of East Szechwan.The obituary in theChurch Timesstated that: "His diocese was wild and mountainous, and in travelling round it he was reduced, he said, to carrying only a Bible and a toothbrush."[3]
Following the end of theChinese Civil Warand the Communist takeover of China, Bevan returned to England and became thevicarofWoolhope(1951–1966), during which time he was alsorural deanofHereford(1955–1966) and Prebendary de Moreton et Whaddon atHereford Cathedral(1956–1966).[4]On retirement in 1966 he became Master ofArchbishop Holgate's HospitalinHemsworthand then anassistant bishopin theDiocese of Wakefieldfor a further 11 years.[5]During that time, he founded theRetired Clergy Association.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Bevan married Jocelyn Duncan (known as Joyce) Barber in 1927 inHoly Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai.[7]They had three daughters.[8]
He died in 1993, aged 95.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^“Who was Who” 1897–1990London,A & C Black1991ISBN0-7136-3457-X
- ^"Church website".Archived fromthe originalon 2021-05-06.Retrieved2010-12-05.
- ^"Church Times:"Obituary: Bishop Kenneth Bevan", 28 January 1994, p. 5 ".Retrieved22 December2020.
- ^Crockford's Clerical Directory,1973–74, 85th edition, p 79.
- ^Crockford's Clerical Directory1975–76London: Oxford University Press, 1976ISBN0-19-200008-X
- ^"Church Times:"Obituary: Bishop Kenneth Bevan", 28 January 1994, p. 5 ".Retrieved22 December2020.
- ^"Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, marriage register via FindMyPast".Retrieved22 December2020.
- ^"Church Times:"Obituary: Bishop Kenneth Bevan", 28 January 1994, p 5 ".Retrieved22 December2020.
