Bishops Details
Archbishop Emeritus John Hationghock, DD, SSD, (PSBS)
Archbishop,ARCHDIOCESE OF KUCHING
Address
Contact Details
Telephone : 082-242634
Fax : 082-425724
Email : archdiocesekuching@gmail.com
Website : http://kuchingcatholic.org/
Event
Date
Date of Birth :
05-03-1947
Ordained as Priest :
14-12-1972
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop :
17-01-1998
Ordained Bishop :
06-06-1998
Appointed Archbishop :
23-06-2003
Installed as Archbishop :
16-07-2003
Retired :
20-03-2017
Brief History
Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock (born 5 March 1947 in Kuching, Sarawak), was ordained a priest on 14 December 1972, and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching on 17 January 1998. His episcopal ordination was on 6 June 1998. He was appointed Archbishop of Kuching on 23 June 2003, and was installed on 16 July 2003. He is the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Biblical Commission.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
- Approximate population : 1,172,618
- Catholic population : 208,934
- Parishes : 12
- Outstations/Mass Centres : 343
- Diocesan Priests : 25
- Mill Hill Missionaries : 2
- Franciscan Friars : 4
- Franciscan Sisters : 53
- Carmelite Sisters : 11
- De La Salle Brothers : -
- Full time Catechists : 24
- Seminarians : 5
- Jesuit Priests : 4
- Salesians of Don Bosco : 2
- Claretian Missionaries : 4
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