Francis Lushington Norris (1 September 1864 – 2 July 1945) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

missionary bishop. Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1888, his first ministry position was as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Tewkesbury Abbey. after which he went to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

as an SPG missionary, serving largely in Peking. In 1914 he became the Bishop of

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. He retired in 1940 and died of pneumonia on 2 July 1945 in the Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, Shanghai.''Obituary'' The Times 24 July 1945; pg. 6; Issue 50202; col E

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1864 births People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Anglican missionary bishops in China 1945 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in China Anglican bishops of North China {{Anglican-bishop-stub