A Martyr's Victory in a Spiritual Sense         Bishop Francis X. Ford was a well educated, enormously gentle man, that was kicked, beaten, insulted, and surrounded by hatred. All this because of one mans beliefs. He was born in Brooklyn in 1892. He was the founder of the Maryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. He was killed in the late 1950's in China, he was charged with anti-Communist, counterrevolutionary, and espionage activities, his …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…Bishop Ford is consider the pioneer of this movement. Just like the quote said, he led the path.....and many followed. Bishop Ford died at the mercy of those who despised him, with-out any comfort or support. His death was martyrdom it's truest sense, despite the isolation and horror he held to his beliefs. Works Cited Funk & Wagnalls. Microsoft Encarta: Bishop Ford. New York: Houghton Mifflin Comp, 1994. Welk, Donald. Asian Missionaries. Minnesota: Patch Publishing, 1981.