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Joshua Chiu Ban It (周万一; 1918 – 9 November 2016) was the Bishop of Singapore from 1966 to 1981, and was the first indigenous Bishop of Singapore.

Chiu was born in 1918. 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. His first post was as Curate at St Francis, Bournville after which he was Priest in charge of St Hilda, Katong. 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, held a similar post with the World Council of Churches as Secretary of Laymen.

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Church of England titles
Preceded byCyril Kenneth Sansbury	Bishop of Singapore 1966 – 1981	Succeeded byMoses Tay Leng Kong

Bishops of Singapore
Chapman, Mark (2006). Anglicanism : a very short introduction. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280693-2. OCLC 170968642.
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1985-86, 89th Edition, p 92.
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
Church web-site
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 174.
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Consecration details Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
"Church Times: "Deaths", 2 December 2016, p 29". Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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Walter Chambers, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore George Hose, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore Charles Ferguson-Davie Basil Roberts Leonard Wilson Henry Baines Kenneth Sansbury Chiu Ban It Moses Tay John Chew Rennis Ponniah

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