Frank Houghton
Frank Houghton (1894–1972) was an Anglican missionary bishop and author.
Frank Houghton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of East Szechwan | |
Frank Houghton, c. 1930s | |
| Church | Church in China |
| Diocese | East Szechwan |
| Installed | 1936 |
| Term ended | 1940 |
| Predecessor | John Holden (as Bishop of Western China) |
| Successor | Kenneth Bevan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1917 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1894 Stafford, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 1972 (aged 77–78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Dorothy Cassels |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Biography edit
Houghton was born in Stafford[1] and educated at the University of London and ordained in 1917. He held curacies at St Benedict, Everton and All Saints, Preston before heading to Republican China as a missionary with the China Inland Mission in 1920. In 1923 he married Dorothy Cassels, the daughter of William Cassels, who had been a member of the Cambridge Seven and became a bishop in China. Houghton was general director of the China Inland Mission at the time when the Mission had to leave China in 1951.[2] He was Bishop of East Szechwan from 1937 to 1940.[3] Returning to England he held incumbencies at St Marks, New Milverton, Leamington and St Peter's, Drayton, Banbury. He retired in 1963 and died on 25 January 1972.[4]
Works edit
Houghton's books include The Two Hundred (1932); China Calling (1936); If We Believe (1952); Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur (1953); The Fire Burns On (1964); and Living Your Life (1966).[5]
He also wrote the hymns "Facing a Task Unfinished", "My Lord, Who in the Desert Fed", "O Thou Who Dost Direct My Feet" and "Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour".[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Hudson's Directory, a list of members of the China Inland Mission held by the successor mission agency OMF International
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1941.
- ^ The Times, Friday, January 28, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58387; col F Obituary: Bishop Houghton
- ^ British Library website accessed 31 January 2011
- ^ Frank Houghton: Texts at Hymnary.org