Joshua Chiu Ban It (; 1918 – 9 November 2016) was the Bishop of Singapore from 1966 to 1981,Bishops of Singapore and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore.
Chiu was born in 1918.Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 92. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London in 1941 and after a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge in 1943, was ordained deacon in 1945 and priest in 1946.Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174. His first post was as Curate at St Francis, BournvilleChurch web-siteCrockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174. after which he was Priest in charge of St Hilda, Katong.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and then Vicar of Selangor.
From 1959 to 1961, Chiu was Home Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from then, until his elevation to the episcopate,Consecration details held a similar post with the World Council of Churches as Secretary of Laymen.
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