Dominic Su Haw Chiu (born 29 May 1939) is a Malaysian

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of the

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. 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. In 1964, he studied philosophy and theology at

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, Penang until 1969. He studied there together with his fellow seminarian

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, emeritus bishop of Penang. Su ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 December 1969 by the late bishop Charles Reiterer. Su then furthered his studies at Rome, to pursue Canon Law, attending the

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from 1979 to 1981. In 1986,

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appointed and consecrated Su on 6 January 1987 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. On 11 February 1987, Su was installed as the Bishop of the new Diocese of Sibu by Archbishop

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(now Cardinal), Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. In 2009, Su celebrates a thanksgiving mass for his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday. In 2011, he resign for early retirement, and was succeeded by the auxiliary Bishop

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. He has served as the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care.

References

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Dominic Haw Chiu 1939 births Living people Malaysian people of Chinese descent People from Sarawak 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malaysia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malaysia Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II