Diocese of Hong Kong Island | |
Local: | 香港島教區 |
Coat: | Coat of arms of Sheng Kung Hui Diocese of Hong Kong Island.png |
Territory: | Hong Kong Island Outlying islands |
Province: | Hong Kong |
Headquarters: | St. Stephen's Church |
Parishes: | 10 |
Churches: | 16 |
Schools: | 33 |
Rite: | Use of Salisbury |
Established: | 22 September 1998 |
Cathedral: | St. John's Cathedral |
Bishop: | Matthias Der |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Dean: | Kwok-keung Chan |
Emeritus Bishops: | Paul Kwong 2007–2021, Peter Kwong 1981–2007 |
The Diocese of Hong Kong Island is one of the three dioceses under the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, a province of the Anglican Communion. Its territory covers Hong Kong Island and the outlying islands. The cathedral of the diocese, St. John's Cathedral, is the oldest surviving Western ecclesiastical building in Hong Kong.[1] It was constructed in the 1840s.[2]
The incumbent Bishop of Hong Kong Island, Matthias Der, was consecrated as bishop on 3 October 2020 and enthroned on 2 January 2021.[3] Der succeeded Paul Kwong as bishop of the diocese, who served concurrently as Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong.[4]
The diocese oversees over 16 churches and chapels across Hong Kong Island and the outlying islands of Hong Kong.[5]