Who's Who in the Far East/EVINGTON, Right Rev. Henry

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EVINGTON, Right Rev. Henry (NAGASAKI), M.A., D.D.; Bishop, Church of England in Kyushu and Lu Chu Islands, b. Oct. 7, 1848; m. Sept. 1, 1881. Educ.: Manchester Grammar School; Pembroke College, Oxford. Ordained Deacon for mission work in Japan under the Church Missionary Society, 1874; curate, St. Anne's, Manchester,, March to Sept., 1874; Missionary in Osaka, Japan, 1875-92; Kumamoto, 1893; acting Secretary, Church Mission Society, Japan Mission, 1885-89; ordained Priest by Bishop Burdon, at Victoria, Hongkong, 1876; consecrated Bishop of Kyushu, March 4, 1894, by Archbishop of Canterbury (Benson), assisted by Bishop of Rochester (Davison) and Bishop Royston. Address: Bishop's Lodge, 9 Deshirna, Nagasaki, Japan.