Cindy Yik-yi Chu, Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, specializes in writing about the Catholic Church and Catholic sisters in Mainland China and Hong Kong. She has authored 19 books and over 50 articles in edited volumes and academic journals. Dr. Chu is Editor of The Palgrave Handbook on the Catholic Church in East Asia (Palgrave, 2025) and Author of The Biography of Cardinal John Tong (Palgrave, 2024).

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. The First Cardinals and Bishops in Modern China.- 2. Resurgam: China’s Six Bishops of 1926 and the Samist Photograph Collection.- 3. The Selection of Thomas Tien Ken-sin as the First Cardinal of China.- 4. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin and the French Catholic Influence.- 5. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin’s “Three Diaspora Moments” (1920s–1970s).- 6. The Life and Legacy of Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi.- Part II. The Indigenization of the Church in the Localities.- 7. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 19th‑Century Hong Kong.- 8. The Localization of the Catholic Church in the 1920s.- 9. Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming’s Relations with the Foreign Missionaries.- 10. Dominic Tang Yee-ming and Change (1951–1958).- 11. Francis Hsu Chen-ping: Hong Kong’s First Chinese Bishop.- 12. Chinese Priests in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong (1850–1950).

Cindy Yik-yi Chu, Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, specializes in writing about the Catholic Church and Catholic sisters in Mainland China and Hong Kong. She has authored 19 books and over 50 articles in edited volumes and academic journals. Dr. Chu is Editor of The Palgrave Handbook on the Catholic Church in East Asia (Palgrave, 2025) and Author of The Biography of Cardinal John Tong (Palgrave, 2024).

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. The First Cardinals and Bishops in Modern China.- 2. Resurgam: China’s Six Bishops of 1926 and the Samist Photograph Collection.- 3. The Selection of Thomas Tien Ken-sin as the First Cardinal of China.- 4. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin and the French Catholic Influence.- 5. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin’s “Three Diaspora Moments” (1920s–1970s).- 6. The Life and Legacy of Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi.- Part II. The Indigenization of the Church in the Localities.- 7. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 19th‑Century Hong Kong.- 8. The Localization of the Catholic Church in the 1920s.- 9. Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming’s Relations with the Foreign Missionaries.- 10. Dominic Tang Yee-ming and Change (1951–1958).- 11. Francis Hsu Chen-ping: Hong Kong’s First Chinese Bishop.- 12. Chinese Priests in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong (1850–1950).

Cindy Yik-yi Chu, Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, specializes in writing about the Catholic Church and Catholic sisters in Mainland China and Hong Kong. She has authored 19 books and over 50 articles in edited volumes and academic journals. Dr. Chu is Editor of The Palgrave Handbook on the Catholic Church in East Asia (Palgrave, 2025) and Author of The Biography of Cardinal John Tong (Palgrave, 2024).

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. The First Cardinals and Bishops in Modern China.- 2. Resurgam: China’s Six Bishops of 1926 and the Samist Photograph Collection.- 3. The Selection of Thomas Tien Ken-sin as the First Cardinal of China.- 4. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin and the French Catholic Influence.- 5. Cardinal Paul Yu Pin’s “Three Diaspora Moments” (1920s–1970s).- 6. The Life and Legacy of Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi.- Part II. The Indigenization of the Church in the Localities.- 7. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 19th‑Century Hong Kong.- 8. The Localization of the Catholic Church in the 1920s.- 9. Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming’s Relations with the Foreign Missionaries.- 10. Dominic Tang Yee-ming and Change (1951–1958).- 11. Francis Hsu Chen-ping: Hong Kong’s First Chinese Bishop.- 12. Chinese Priests in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong (1850–1950).