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RELIGION
The Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong, which includes Macao, covers nine organized parish churches and eight mission chapels, of which three worship in English and the remainder in Chinese. Its Cathedral, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was built in 1847 and established as a Cathedral Church by Letters Patent from Queen Victoria in 1850. In addition to its work in Hong Kong University, and in secondary and primary education, the Anglican Church has this year taken an active part in the establishment of Chung Chi College (a Christian College of post Secondary School Education in Arts and Science, and in Theology) and in the development of primary Education especially among the children of manual workers.
The Union Church in Hong Kong plans to erect new Church building to replace the one destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the Colony. The Chinese Churches continue to develop. The Hop Yat Church has plans for a branch church in Kowloon, and the Chinese Methodist Church is expanding its educa- tional and evangelistic activities.
The Nethersole Hospital, associated with the London Missionary Society, hopes to rebuild its maternity block in the near future.
The Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong was originally under the administration of a Missionary with the ecclesiastical title of Prefect Apostolic. In 1874, as a result of the increasing number of adherents to the Roman Catholic faith, a Bishop was appointed to the territory with the title of Vicar Apostolic, and in 1946 the status of the Church was raised to that of a Diocese,
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