His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dominic Su Haw Chiu | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Sibu | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Sibu |
Appointed | 22 December 1986 |
Installed | 11 February 1987 |
Term ended | 24 December 2011 |
Predecessor | Established |
Successor | Joseph Hii Teck Kwong |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 December 1969 by Charles Reiterer |
Consecration | 6 January 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
Personal details | |
Born | (1939-05-29) 29 May 1939 (age 85) Sibu, Kingdom of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Motto | Laudetur dominus (English: Praise be to the Lord) |
Styles of Dominic Su Haw Chiu | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop Emeritus |
Dominic Su Haw Chiu | |
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Traditional Chinese | 蘇孝洲 |
Simplified Chinese | 苏孝洲 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Sū Xiàozhōu |
Jyutping | Sou1 Haau3 Zau1 |
Hokkien POJ | So͘ Hàu-chiu |
Tâi-lô | Soo Hàu-tsiu |
Dominic Su Haw Chiu (born 29 May 1939) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Sibu from 1987 to 2011.
Biography
Su entered and studied at St Francis Xavier's Minor Seminary, Singapore, in 1961 to 1963. 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.
Su ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 December 1969 by the late bishop Charles Reiterer. Su then furthered his studies at Rome, to pursue Canon Law, attending the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1979 to 1981.
In 1986, Pope John Paul II appointed and consecrated Su on 6 January 1987 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. 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. In 2009, Su celebrates a thanksgiving mass for his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday. In 2011, he resign for early retirement, and was succeeded by the auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong. He has served as the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care.
References
- ^ "Short Biography of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu". Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- "Interview of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu". Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- "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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Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded byEstablished | Bishop of Sibu 1987–2011 |
Succeeded byJoseph Hii Teck Kwong |
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