Hind was born in Belfast, Ireland,[1] in 1879. [2] His grandfather William Marsden Hind (1815–1894) was an archaeologist and botanist.[3] Hind graduated (B.A.) at Trinity College, Dublin in 1900. He then entered the Church of Ireland Divinity School, obtaining his Divinity Testimonium in 1902, and was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Killaloe specifically for missionary work in China with the Dublin University Fukien Mission.[4] Arriving in China, he was posted to Funing. The following year, he was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong (Bishop Joseph Hoare). Hind travelled around his pastoral area, visiting the tiny congregations on foot or along the coast in the T.C.D. (a boat presented to the Mission by supporters in Trinity College Dublin). He supervised the building of a new church, a boys' school, a women's hospital, new houses, and a chapel for the girls' school in addition to all his pastoral work.[5]
In 1904, Hind married Alice Carpenter and they had a daughter and a son. But both his wife and his daughter died of dysentery, and in 1909 he took his young son back to Ireland, where for a brief two years (1909–10) he served a curacy at St Mary's, Belfast. He returned to Fukien in late 1910 to be in charge of primary and secondary schools in Fuzhou. In 1911 he was appointed Head Master of the C.M.S. Middle School, Fuzhou, and remained in this post until 1918, when he was elected Bishop of Fukien Diocese in succession to its first bishop (Bishop H.McC.E. Price).[6] Hind returned to England for his consecration as Lord Bishop of Fukien by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lambeth Palace Chapel on St Luke's Day, 18 October 1918.[7] At the same time, the University of Dublin granted him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. Shortly afterwards, he married his second wife, Winifred Heyworth, who had trained as a doctor and had come out to China as a missionary in 1920.[8]
Hind held the conviction that the mission to China must become the Church in China. To this end, he reversed the accepted seniority of missionaries: in future they were to be assistants to Chinese incumbents, and would cease to be the chairmen of the existing network of church councils; minutes of the Synods would be in Chinese, and the business would be conducted in Chinese; Synod (and not missionaries' conference) would decide where missionaries were to work. His aim was to bring the church to the point of depending as little as possible on outside help.[9] After the outbreak of the Second World War, he resigned his bishopric (in 1940) and returned to Ireland. For four more years, he worked in Belfast as C.M.S. Secretary for Northern Ireland, retiring from active ministry in 1944.[7]
Hind's book, Fukien Memories, was published in Belfast in 1951. He died in 1958.[10]
john, hind, bishop, fukien, other, people, with, same, name, john, hind, john, hind, february, 1879, july, 1958, anglo, irish, missionary, bishop, anglican, church, fukien, right, reverendjohn, hindbishop, fukienhind, 1920schurchchurch, irelandordersordination. For other people with the same name see John Hind John Hind 17 February 1879 7 July 1958 was an Anglo Irish missionary bishop of the Anglican Church in Fukien The Right ReverendJohn HindBishop of FukienHind in the 1920sChurchChurch of IrelandOrdersOrdination24 June 1902Personal detailsBorn 1879 02 17 17 February 1879Died7 July 1958 1958 07 07 aged 79 EducationTrinity CollegeJohn HindTraditional Chinese恒約翰Simplified Chinese恒约翰TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHeng YuehanEastern MinFuzhou BUCHeng Iok hangChristianity portalLife editHind was born in Belfast Ireland 1 in 1879 2 His grandfather William Marsden Hind 1815 1894 was an archaeologist and botanist 3 Hind graduated B A at Trinity College Dublin in 1900 He then entered the Church of Ireland Divinity School obtaining his Divinity Testimonium in 1902 and was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Killaloe specifically for missionary work in China with the Dublin University Fukien Mission 4 Arriving in China he was posted to Funing The following year he was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Victoria Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Hoare Hind travelled around his pastoral area visiting the tiny congregations on foot or along the coast in the T C D a boat presented to the Mission by supporters in Trinity College Dublin He supervised the building of a new church a boys school a women s hospital new houses and a chapel for the girls school in addition to all his pastoral work 5 In 1904 Hind married Alice Carpenter and they had a daughter and a son But both his wife and his daughter died of dysentery and in 1909 he took his young son back to Ireland where for a brief two years 1909 10 he served a curacy at St Mary s Belfast He returned to Fukien in late 1910 to be in charge of primary and secondary schools in Fuzhou In 1911 he was appointed Head Master of the C M S Middle School Fuzhou and remained in this post until 1918 when he was elected Bishop of Fukien Diocese in succession to its first bishop Bishop H McC E Price 6 Hind returned to England for his consecration as Lord Bishop of Fukien by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lambeth Palace Chapel on St Luke s Day 18 October 1918 7 At the same time the University of Dublin granted him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity Shortly afterwards he married his second wife Winifred Heyworth who had trained as a doctor and had come out to China as a missionary in 1920 8 Hind held the conviction that the mission to China must become the Church in China To this end he reversed the accepted seniority of missionaries in future they were to be assistants to Chinese incumbents and would cease to be the chairmen of the existing network of church councils minutes of the Synods would be in Chinese and the business would be conducted in Chinese Synod and not missionaries conference would decide where missionaries were to work His aim was to bring the church to the point of depending as little as possible on outside help 9 After the outbreak of the Second World War he resigned his bishopric in 1940 and returned to Ireland For four more years he worked in Belfast as C M S Secretary for Northern Ireland retiring from active ministry in 1944 7 Hind s book Fukien Memories was published in Belfast in 1951 He died in 1958 10 References edit Church of Ireland Overseas Missions Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X Barr W N C 20 September 1974 Christ Church Derriaghy a short history of the parish Retrieved 31 August 2010 Richard Malden ed 1920 Crockford s Clerical Directory for 1920 51st edn London The Field Press p 559 Jack Hodgins 1994 Sister Island a history of the Church Missionary Society in Ireland 1814 1994 New Bishop in Fukien The Times Saturday Feb 23 1918 p 9 Issue 41721 col A a b Crockford s Clerical Directory 1951 52 Roddy Evans 2005 Glimpses Into the Past Memoir of an Irish Anglican Jack Hodgins 1994 Sister Island a history of the Church Missionary Society in Ireland 1814 1994 p 143 Bishop Hind The Times Tuesday Jul 08 1958 p 10 Issue 54197 col DExternal links editChina s Christian Colleges Yale UniversityChurch of England titlesPreceded byHorace Price Bishop in Fukien1918 1940 Succeeded byChristopher Sargent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Hind bishop in Fukien amp oldid 1211150570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
