Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui | |
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Arms of the Province
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Primate | Paul Kwong |
Headquarters | 1 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong |
Territory |
Hong Kong and Macao |
Website | http://www.hkskh.org |
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Traditional Chinese | 香港聖公會 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 香港圣公会 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Shènggōnghuì |
Wade–Giles | Hsiang1-kang3 Sheng4-kung1-hui4 |
Yale Romanization | Syānggǎng Shèngūnghwèi |
IPA | [ɕi̯áŋkàŋ ʂə̂ŋkʊ́ŋxu̯êi̯] |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Heūnggóng Singgōngwuì |
IPA | [hœ́ŋkɔ̌ːŋ.ɕɪ̄ŋkɔ́ːŋwǔːi] |
Jyutping | hoeng1 gong2 sing3 gong1 wui2 |
The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (abbreviated SKH), also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal), is the Anglican Church in Hong Kong and Macao. It is the 38th Province of the Anglican Communion. It is also one of the major denominations in Hong Kong and the first in the world to ordain a female priest.
Paul Kwong is the current Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui and Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island with his seat at St John's Cathedral. Andrew Chan is Bishop of the Diocese of Western Kowloon. Timothy Kwok is Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Kowloon. The church has approximately 29,000 members.
The Anglican Communion is a global family and a fellowship of churches which trace their roots to the Church of England, with a province being a basic autonomous unit. There are presently 38 independent and self-governing provinces spanning over 160 countries. With well over 100 million members, The Anglican Communion is the third largest church in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
In the Anglican Communion, there is no central governing authority. Churches uphold and proclaim the Catholic and Apostolic faith. The front-line unit of Church is the "parish". Parishes of similar vicinity are then grouped together to form a "diocese". Dioceses sharing similar cultural and national background would unite and form a "province", participating in the Anglican Communion under the leadership and jurisdiction of an archbishop.