Frank Norris (bishop)

Francis Lushington Norris (1 September 1864 – 2 July 1945) was an Anglican missionary bishop.[1]

Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained in 1888,[3] his first ministry position was as a curate at Tewkesbury Abbey.[4] after which he went to China as an SPG missionary,[5] serving largely in Peking.[6] In 1914 he became the Bishop of North China.[7] He retired in 1940 and died of pneumonia on 2 July 1945 in the Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, Shanghai.[8]

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ "Norris, Francis Lushington (NRS883FL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ The Times, 25 December 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32578; col E Ordinations Gloucester and Bristol
  4. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ^ Genealogical web site
  6. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 269.
  7. ^ The Times, Monday, Sep 22, 1913; pg. 19;He was also the headmaster of Chongde secondary School, a Church of England school in Peking from 1911-1913.Issue 40323; col C New Missionary Bishop for China
  8. ^ Obituary The Times 24 July 1945; pg. 6; Issue 50202; col E