John Leonard Wilson had been the Archdeacon of Hong Kong and the Dean of St John’s Cathedral there from 1938 to 1941. On 22 July 1941, he was consecrated Bishop of Singapore in St John’s Cathedral. He left hurriedly for Singapore to assume his post just four months before the Japanese invasion. In the difficult … Continue reading “God saves me by giving me the spirit to bear it”: A bishop who endured more than 300 lashes during WWII