john, wellington, politician, saskatchewan, canada, john, henry, wellington, christianity, portalcornwall, portalthe, right, reverend, anglican, missionary, bishop, china, during, first, half, 20th, century, born, into, ecclesiastical, family, december, 1889, . For the politician in Saskatchewan Canada see John Henry Wellington Christianity portalCornwall portalThe Right ReverendJohn Wellington was an Anglican missionary bishop in China during the first half of the 20th century Born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 December 1889 he was the son of the Reverend G Wellington 1 Educated at Queen Elizabeth s Grammar School Wimborne and at Salisbury Theological College he was ordained in 1913 He served as curate at St Martin s Salisbury before heading to China as a missionary He was in Shandong until 1935 when he returned to England as Vicar of Holy Trinity Bedford From 1940 2 to 1950 he served as the last Anglican Bishop of Shantung before the Church was nationalised by the Communists During the Second World War he was interned by Japanese in China and released in 1945 3 Returning to England he was Vicar of St Germans Cornwall and Assistant Bishop of Truro and in 1953 became Archdeacon of Bodmin Retiring in 1960 he died on 11 September 1976 4 References edit Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X Crockford s Clerical Directory1947 48 Oxford OUP 1948 Who s Who Ibid Obituary Right Rev John Wellington The Times Saturday Sep 18 1976 pg 14 Issue 59812 col F nbsp This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Wellington amp oldid 1184707953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
