Dominic Su Haw Chiu
His Excellency Dominic Su Haw Chiu | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Sibu | |
See | Diocese of Sibu |
Installed | 11 February 1987 |
Term ended | 24 December 2011 |
Predecessor | Established |
Successor | Joseph Hii Teck Kwong |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 December 1969 by Bishop Charles Reiterer |
Consecration | 6 January 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
Personal details | |
Born | Sibu, Kingdom of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) | 29 May 1939
Nationality | Malaysian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | "Laudetur Dominus" |
Coat of arms |
Dominic Su Haw Chiu | |
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Traditional Chinese | 蘇孝洲 |
Simplified Chinese | 苏孝洲 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Sū Xiàozhōu |
Dominic Su Haw Chiu (born 29 May 1939) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church, and was Bishop of Sibu from 1987 to 2011.
Biography[]
Su entered and studied at St Francis Xavier's Minor Seminary, Singapore, in 1961 to 1963.[1] In 1964, he studied philosophy and theology at College General, Penang until 1969. He studied there together with his fellow seminarian Antony Selvanayagam, emeritus bishop of Penang.[1]
Su ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 December 1969 by the late bishop Charles Reiterer.[1] Su then furthered his studies at Rome, to pursue Canon Law, attending the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1979 to 1981.[2][1]
In 1986, Pope John Paul II appointed and consecrated Su on 6 January 1987 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.[1] On 11 February 1987, Su was installed as the Bishop of the new Diocese of Sibu by Archbishop Renato Martino (now Cardinal), Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia.[1] In 2009, Su celebrates a thanksgiving mass for his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday.[3] In 2011, he resign for early retirement, and was succeeded by the auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong.[4] He has served as the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Short Biography of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu
- ^ Interview of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu
- ^ "Bishop Dominic Su 70th Birthday & 40th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination Celebration". December 5, 2009.
- ^ "Parish celebrates Dominic Su's 25th Episcopal ordination". Borneo Post. 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu". UCANews.
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