James Chang-Ling Wong (; 17 February 190027 April 1970) was

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(Episcopalian) bishop who served as Bishop of Jesselton in

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from 1962 to 1964 and then

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from 1965 until his death in 1970. Wong was consecrated a bishop on 3 February 1960, by Ronald Hall,

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, at St Thomas' Cathedral,

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; to serve as Assistant Bishop of Borneo. He was then elected the first bishop of the new Diocese of Jesselton (now Sabah), when it separated from the Diocese of Borneo in 1962. Having retired from Jesselton on 30 September, Wong was elected the first Chinese

by the House of Bishops of

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at the General Convention on 21 October 1964. The diocese had previously been under the care of a suffragan of the Bishop of Hawaii. He was the first Bishop in the Anglican Communion to come out of the background of the voluntary priesthood, serving from 1965 until his death in 1970. He had previously served as Bishop of Guangzhou, an

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of Victoria diocese from his 1960 consecration by Ronald Hall until his appointment to Jesselton.

References

Biography from St John's University
1900 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of Taiwan Anglican bishops of Sabah 20th-century American clergy {{Taiwan-reli-bio-stub