Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng (傅云生; born 15 April 1963) is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching in Malaysia.[1] Prior to being appointed, he had been serving as an auxiliary bishop in the same diocese.
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng | |
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| Archbishop of Kuching | |
_(cropped).jpg.webp) Archbishop Simon Poh in 2019 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Kuching |
| See | Kuching |
| In office | 4 March 2017 |
| Predecessor | John Ha Tiong Hock |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 31 July 1988 by Peter Chung Hoan Ting |
| Consecration | 24 September 2015 by John Ha Tiong Hock |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng |
| Born | 15 April 1963 Sri Aman, Crown Colony of Sarawak, British Empire (modern-Malaysia) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching (2015-17) Titular Bishop of Sfasferia (2015-17) |
| Alma mater |
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| Motto | Pastor cordis Christi |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 傅云生 |
| Traditional Chinese | 傅雲生 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fù Yúnshēng |
Biography
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was ordained a priest on 31 July 1988.[2]
On 9 July 2015, Pope Francis appointed Poh Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia. He was consecrated bishop on 24 September 2015 by John Ha Tiong Hock, Archbishop of Kuching. Co-consecrators were Peter Chung Hoan Ting, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching; and Julius Dusin Gitom, Bishop of Sandakan.[1]
On 4 March 2017, Pope Francis appointed Poh to succeed Archbishop Ha as the Archbishop of Kuching.[3]
References
- "Bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 5 March 2017. [self-published]
- "教宗方濟各任命傅雲生神父為古晉教區輔理主教". Radio Vaticana. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- "Pope appoints new head to Malaysian Archdiocese of Kuching". Radio Vaticana. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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