Kimber Den Explained

Kimber Den, or Teng Hsuk'un, was an Anglican bishop in China in the second half of the 20th century.^[1]

Den was educated at St. John's University, Shanghai and ordained in 1920.^[2] He served at Anqing and Nanchang^[3] before his consecration as Bishop of Chekiang in 1949. He was imprisoned in 1952,^[4] although from the point of view of his family and his Church he simply disappeared. He continued in office as Bishop of Chekiang until 1955 and was released from prison in 1957.^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Christianity in China: A Scholars' Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States" Xiaoxin, W p38: London, Routledge, 2017
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. "While China Faced West: American Reformers in Nationalist China, 1928-1937" Thomson, J.C p116: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1969 4th edition
4. Philip L. Wickeri, "Seeking the Common Ground: Protestant Christianity, the Three-Self Movement, and China's United Front" (Eugene, Oregon, Wipf and Stock, 2011), p. 160
5. Philip L. Wickeri, Reconstructing Christianity in China: K.H. Ting and the Chinese Church, p. 169