Type: | Bishop |
José Song Sui-Wan (SDB) | |
Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Roman Catholic Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira |
Term: | 2002–2009 |
Predecessor: | Walter Ivan de Azevedo |
Ordination: | July 17, 1971 |
Consecration: | April 27, 2002 |
Consecrated By: | Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. |
Birth Date: | May 16, 1941 |
Birth Place: | Shanghai |
Death Date: | November 15, 2012 |
Death Place: | Campinas |
José Song Sui-Wan, SDB (May 16, 1941 - November 15, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil.
Born in Shanghai, China and he moved to Brazil as an adolescent after spending time in Hong Kong (1949–1959).
Song was ordained to the priesthood as salesian in 1971 and was named bishop in 2002; he resigned in 2009[1] and died in 2012.[2]
VIDIMUS STELLAM EIUS IN ORIENTE (We saw His star in Orient)