| Type: | Bishop |
| John Holden | |
| Bishop of West Szechwan | |
| Church: | Church in China |
| Diocese: | West Szechwan |
| Enthroned: | 1936 |
| Term End: | 1937 |
| Successor: | Song Cheng-tsi |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Alma Mater: | St John's College, Durham |
John Holden (1882–1949) was a missionary Anglican bishop.[1]
He was born in 1882 and educated at Durham University[2] He was ordained in 1907[3] and went to work for the Church Missionary Society in China, becoming in time an archdeacon. In 1923 he became Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan [4] and was translated to Szechwan (Diocese of Western China) in 1933[5] and later to Western Szechwan. Returning to England in 1938 he became an Assistant Bishop of Truro (until death), Vicar of St Budock (until 1944), a Canon Residentiary of Truro Cathedral (1944–1947) and then Archdeacon of Cornwall.[6] He died on 14 August 1949.[7]