It existed from 1951 until 1998, when it was reorganized as an autonomous Anglican church, the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui.
The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was effectively abolished in 1949 during the Chinese Revolution due to the formation of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
Anglicans in Hong Kong and Macau reorganized the diocese, which was essentially extra-provincial under the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The diocese was abolished in 1998 upon the formation of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui as a province of the Anglican Communion in its own right.
[2] Having served as Archdeacon of Hong Kong and Vicar of St Stephen's Church for three decades,[3] Cheung was consecrated a bishop on 13 June 1978 at St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong),[2] but only served for a few months, before he died of cancer in January 1979.