Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
José Lai Hung-seng | |
Bishop Emeritus of Macau | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Macau |
Term Start: | 30 June 2003 |
Ended: | 16 January 2016 |
Ordination: | 28 October 1972 |
Consecration: | 2 June 2001 |
Consecrated By: | Domingos Lam |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1946 |
Birth Place: | Portuguese Macau |
Nationality: | Chinese (Macanese) |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Macau |
Parents: | Joseph Paul Lai Sio Kei Maria Celestina Tchoi Lao Mei |
Alma Mater: | St. Joseph's Seminary and Church Diocesan Seminary of Leiria (1967–1971) |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of José Lai Hung Seng.svg |
José Lai Hung-seng | |
Dipstyle: | His Excellency The Most Reverend |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
José Lai Hung-seng (; born 14 January 1946, in Macau) is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Macau, the first born in the diocese and the second Chinese bishop,[1] the first being Domingos Lam. Lai was appointed on 23 January 2001 Coadjutor and succeeded on 30 June 2003. He was succeeded by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang on 23 January 2016.
Lai was born in Macau and attended St. Joseph's Seminary and Church before going to Portugal for further studies [2] at Diocesan Seminary of Leiria from 1967 to 1971 and to Grottaferrata.