John Tong Hon

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John Tong Hon

Traditional Chinese: 湯漢[1]
Simplified Chinese: 汤汉
Coat of arms of John Tong Hon
Coat of arms of John Tong Hon
Styles of
John Tong Hon
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Most Reverend
Religious style Coadjutor Bishop
Posthumous style none


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John Tong Hon (born Hong Kong, 31 July 1939) is a bishop of the Catholic Church.[2] In his youth, he spent ten years living in Huadu, Guangzhou before returning to Hong Kong.[3] He earned a master's degree in philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong before going on to doctoral studies at the Pontifical Urbaniana University.[1] He was ordained a priest on 9 December 1966.[2] In 1992, he became vice-bishop of the Church's Hong Kong Diocese, and was appointed auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong four years later, on 13 September 1996.[1][2] He was named to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in 2003, after 24 years of service with their Holy Spirit Study Center in Hong Kong.[4] In March 2005, he traveled to Guangzhou on official business as a representative of the pope, along with other Hong Kong religious leaders; they were received at a banquet luncheon by Zhu Zhenzhong, chairman of the city's political consultative committee.[3] On 30 January 2008, Pope Benedict XVI, raised him to co-adjutor bishop from his former position as the auxiliary bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese. He will take over from Joseph Cardinal Zen upon Zen's retirement.[5] He had been named by the Church as being in line for Zen's job as early as 2006; however, he stated he felt little excitement at the prospect of taking up the post.[6]

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  1. ^ a b c Chang, Chih-ming. "教宗委任湯漢主教為香港教區助理主教", Radio Taiwan International News, 2008-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. (Chinese) 
  2. ^ a b c Bishop Tong, Hon John. Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ a b Leung, Yu. "湯漢回故里 鄉情尤切切", Wen Wei Po, 2005-03-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. (Chinese) 
  4. ^ "Mons. John Tong Hon, Obispo auxiliar de Hong Kong, nombrado consultor de la Congregación para la Evangelización de los Pueblos", Fides, 2003-07-28. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. (Spanish) 
  5. ^ "Pope Names Hong Kong Bishop", Associated Press, 2008-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ Kiu, Fung. "陳日君施以退為進伎倆", Ta Kung Pao, 2006-10-09. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. (Chinese) 
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