Dominic Su Haw Chiu Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Dominic Su Haw Chiu
Bishop Emeritus of Sibu
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Sibu
Appointed:22 December 1986
Enthroned:11 February 1987
Ended:24 December 2011
Predecessor:Established
Successor:Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
Ordination:4 December 1969
Ordained By:Charles Reiterer
Consecration:6 January 1987
Consecrated By:Pope John Paul II
Birth Date:1939 5, df=y
Birth Place:Sibu, Kingdom of Sarawak
(now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Nationality:Malaysian
Motto:Laudetur dominus
(English: Praise be to the Lord)
Dominic Su Haw Chiu
Dipstyle:
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T:蘇孝洲
S:苏孝洲
J:Sou1 Haau3 Zau1
Poj:So͘ Hàu-chiu
Tl:Soo Hàu-tsiu
P:Sū Xiàozhōu

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.[1] 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.[1]

Su ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 December 1969 by the late bishop Charles Reiterer.[1] Su then furthered his studies at Rome, to pursue Canon Law, attending the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1979 to 1981.[2] [1]

In 1986, Pope John Paul II appointed and consecrated Su on 6 January 1987 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.[1] 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.[1] In 2009, Su celebrates a thanksgiving mass for his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday.[3] In 2011, he resign for early retirement, and was succeeded by the auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong.[4] He has served as the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short Biography of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu . 2018-10-27 . 2018-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033750/http://www.catholic.my/shc/magazine/BishopSuBiography01.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Interview of Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu . 2018-10-27 . 2018-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033737/http://www.catholic.my/shc/magazine/BishopSuInterview01.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Bishop Dominic Su 70th Birthday & 40th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination Celebration. December 5, 2009.
  4. Web site: Parish celebrates Dominic Su's 25th Episcopal ordination. Borneo Post. 15 February 2012.
  5. Web site: Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu. UCANews.