Francis Hsu

Who was Francis Hsu?

Francis Hsu Chen-Ping simplified Chinese: 徐诚斌; traditional Chinese: 徐誠斌; pinyin: Xú Chéngbīn;, was a Chinese clergyman. He was the third bishop, of the Hong Kong Catholic diocese.

Born in a Methodist family in Shanghai, Hsu he joined the Catholic Church when he was teaching at a National Central University in Nanking between 1944 and 1947. He studied at University of St. John in Shanghai in 1936. He was awarded Master of Arts from Merton College, Oxford University, England.

Hsu escaped to Hong Kong in 1950 after the Kuomintang left mainland China. He was later ordained a Priest in Rome on 14 March 1959. Tsu was the editor of Kung Kao Po, a Catholic newspaper in Hong Kong, from 1959 to 1965. On 1 July 1967, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong and Titular Bishop of Orrea. After the resignation of Lorenzo Bianchi, he was appointed bishop of Hong Kong.

Francis Hsu died in Hong Kong on 23 May 1973 from heart disease.