John Curtis (bishop)

John Curtis (15 March 1880 – 11 July 1962) was an Irish missionary of the Anglican Church.

Provinces of China as of 2009^[1]

He was born in Dublin on 15 March 1880,^[2] educated at Trinity College, Dublin (Trinity Master of Arts {MA Dubl}) and ordained in 1904.^[3] He was a curate at Christ Church, Leeson Park in his home city after which he joined the Dublin University Mission to Fukien; he married Eda Bryan-Brown, a fellow missionary who was also a doctor.^[4] Curtis was an army chaplain during the war of 1914-18 and in 1914 married Eda Bryan-Brown who had been working in Fukien since 1909. He was Bishop of Chekiang, China, from 1929 to 1950, during which period the Nationalist, Communist and Japanese armies fought over the country. On his return to England he was made Vicar of Wilden, Stourport, and retired in 1957. The Bishop and his wife had two children. He died on 11 July 1962 and his widow on 18 January 1964.^[5] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

1. Chekiang (Zhejiang) and Fukien (Fujian) N.B. Pinyin romanization instituted in 1979
2. Who was Who 1897–1990. London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. The Clergy List. London: Kelly’s, 1913
4. Eda S. Curtis (obituary) British Medical Journal; 1964 «Wife’s role in Church Missionary Society»
5. The Times; Monday, Jul 16, 1962; p. 12; Issue 55444; col. E Rt. Rev. Dr. John Curtis