Peter Lei
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Peter Lei | |
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Bishop of Hong Kong | |
Diocese | Hong Kong |
Installed | 22 April 1974 |
Term ended | 23 July 1974 |
Predecessor | Francis Hsu |
Successor | John Baptist Wu |
Orders | |
Ordination | 6 July 1952 |
Consecration | 8 September 1971 by Francis Hsu |
Personal details | |
Born | Guangzhou, Republic of China | 29 March 1922
Died | 23 July 1974 St Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, British Hong Kong | (aged 52)
Buried | Crypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong |
Nationality | Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies |
Denomination | Catholic |
Residence | Hong Kong |
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Alma mater | |
Motto | Per Crucem Ad Lucem |
Coat of arms |
Styles of Peter Lei | |
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Reference style | His Excellency The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Posthumous style | none |
Peter Lei Wang-Kei 李宏基主教 (March 29, 1922 – July 23, 1974) was the fourth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong.
Born in Nam Hoi, Lei was ordained priest on 6 July 1955 and Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong 3 July 1971, appointed Titular Bishop of Octaba 8 September 1971.
He was sworn in as the Vicar Capitular on May 23, 1973. Appointed Bishop of Hong Kong on December 21, 1973 and installed on April 22, 1974, he died not long afterwards on July 23, 1974 of sudden heart attack.
See also[]
- Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
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Categories:
- Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hong Kong
- 1922 births
- 1974 deaths
- Cantonese people
- People from Guangzhou
- 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
- Asian Roman Catholic bishop stubs
- Hong Kong people stubs