William Payne Roberts () was an American missionary to China. Roberts was consecrated in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai on November 30, 1937, as "Bishop with jurisdiction in the Diocese of Kiangsu of the Chinese Holy Catholic Church (Missionary District of Shanghai)" by

Frank Norris Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include '' McTeague: A Story of San ...

Bishop of North China The Diocese of North China ( zh, t=聖公會華北教區, w=Shêng Kung Hui Hua Pei Chiao Chʽü, l=Anglican Diocese of North China), also known as Hua Pei Diocese (), was an Anglican diocese in China established under the supervision of the Churc ...

; assisted by

Frederick Graves Frederick Rogers Graves (Chinese name: ; October 23, 1858 – May 17, 1940) was an American missionary to China and was the longest serving bishop in China. Graves succeeded William Jones Boone to serve as the fifth missionary bishop of the Ang ...

, Roberts' predecessor; and Sing Tsae-Seng, Assistant

Bishop of Chekiang The Bishop of Chekiang, exercised episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Chekiang of the Anglican Church in China. The diocese, similar in extent to the present-day Zhejiang, was originally established as part of the Church of England. The first ...

. He attended

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

, graduating B.A. in 1909 before studying for the B.D. at Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Roberts taught at

Saint John's University, Shanghai St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. Founded in 1879 by American missionaries, it was one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, often regarded as the Harvard of China. After the founding of the ...

from his arrival in China in 1914 until 1920. From 1923 until his consecration as bishop, he served as priest at St. Paul's Church, Nanking. He was nominated for consecration by the General Synod of the

Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (CHSKH, zh, t=中華聖公會), known in English as the Holy Catholic Church in China or Anglican-Episcopal Province of China, was the name of the Anglican Church in China from 1912 until about 1958. History The Chung ...

at Foochow in April, 1937. His consecration was attended by Bishop

John of Shanghai and San Francisco Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (russian: Иоанн Шанхайский и Сан Францисский, Ioann Shankhayskiyi i San Frantsiskyi; secular name Mikhail Borisovich Maximovitch, russian: Михаил Борисович Ма ...

with a delegation of five Russian Orthodox priests. Roberts was elected to his American See on October 16, 1937; and resigned it effective April 12, 1950; he was the last American bishop consecrated to work in the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui.

Consecrators

Frederick Rogers Graves Frederick Rogers Graves (Chinese name: ; October 23, 1858 – May 17, 1940) was an American missionary to China and was the longest serving bishop in China. Graves succeeded William Jones Boone to serve as the fifth missionary bishop of the Ang ...

Francis Lushington Norris Francis Lushington Norris (1 September 1864 – 2 July 1945) was an Anglican missionary bishop. Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1888, his first ministry position was as a curate at Tewkesbury A ...

* T.S. Sing

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