en Joseph Hii Teck Kwong

Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
Traditional Chinese	許德光
Simplified Chinese	许德光
Hanyu Pinyin	Xǔ Déguāng
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Hí Tet-kông

Styles of
**Joseph Hii Teck Kwong**
Styles of; Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
Bishop of Sibu
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Sibu
Appointed	24 December 2011
Installed	15 February 2012
Predecessor	Dominic Su Haw Chiu
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu (2008-2012)
Orders
Ordination	25 March 1993; by Dominic Su Haw Chiu
Consecration	1 May 2008; by Salvatore Pennacchio
Personal details
Born	25 June 1965 (age 59); Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Alma mater	Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum
Motto	Ecclesia christi sponsa; (English: Church, bride of Christ)

Joseph Hii Teck Kwong (born 25 June 1965) is a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Sibu since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 2008 to 2012.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Early life

Hii entered St. Peter's major seminary in Kuching, Sarawak, in 1986, to study philosophy and theology.^[1]

Priesthood

Hii was ordained a priest on 25 March 1993 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sibu.^[2] In 1999, he obtained a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum in Rome, Italy.^[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu

At the age of 43, Hii was appointed titular bishop of Castellum Medianum and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sibu on 25 January 2008, by Pope Benedict XVI.^[3] He received his episcopal consecration on 1 May 2008, from Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio.^[4]^[3] Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu and Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock served as co-consecrators.

Bishop of Sibu

On 24 December 2011, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu of Diocese of Sibu and named Hii to succeed him. Hii was installed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Sibu by his predecessor on 15 February 2012, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sibu.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishops Details". Herald Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop of Sibu's profile". Diocese of Sibu, Sarawak Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
^ ^a ^b Fr. Richard Ng (May 2008). "Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii ordained". Today's Catholic.
^ "Father Joseph Hii Teck Kwong appointed Auxiliary Bishop Sibu". The Catholic News Archdiocese of Singapore. 17 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

External links

Short Biography of Bishop Joseph Hii Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
Photo Gallery of Bishop Joseph Hii Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Stefan Regmunt	Roman Catholic Titular See of Castellum Medianum 2008–2012	Succeeded by Roque Costa Souza
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu 2008–2012	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop of Sibu 2012–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[herald-1] "Bishops Details". Herald Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[bishop_profile-2] "Bishop of Sibu's profile". Diocese of Sibu, Sarawak Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[auxiliary_ordained-3] Fr. Richard Ng (May 2008). "Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii ordained". Today's Catholic.

[4] "Father Joseph Hii Teck Kwong appointed Auxiliary Bishop Sibu". The Catholic News Archdiocese of Singapore. 17 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

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