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| Born | (1897-01-15)January 15, 1897.svg){kind=small} Foochow, Fukien, China |
| Died | December 11, 2007(2007-12-11) (aged 110) Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Catholic priest |
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Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese: 高師謙 (January 15 1897 – December 11 2007) was a Chinese Catholic priest living in Hong Kong who was both the oldest Catholic priest in modern times and the oldest ever person to have had a cataract operation.
In 2007, he celebrated his 110th birthday, and, in doing so, he reached supercentenarian status. He was, from October 13, 2007 until his death, the second-oldest man in Asia and the seventh-oldest man in the world.
Born in Fuzhou, Fujian province, Kao, one of four brothers, converted to Roman Catholicism at age 18 while attending a school run by Spanish Dominican friars. Although trained as a teacher and studying law at night, he ultimately decided to become a priest.
His clerical life brought him from China to Taiwan, Malaysia and, finally, Hong Kong. He was a priest in Our Lady of Joy Abbey (Trappist Haven Monastery) on Lantau Island for more than 30 years.
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- An interview by The Standard, October 8, 2005
- Template:It icon Reportage at Vatican Radio, January 18, 2007
- Kao's photo on The Standard