Joseph Hii Teck Kwong (born 25 June 1965) is a Malaysian

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of the

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who has been serving as bishop of the

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since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 2008 to 2012.

Biography

Early life

Hii entered St. Peter's major seminary in

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, Sarawak, in 1986, to study philosophy and theology.

Priesthood

Hii was ordained a priest on 25 March 1993 at

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sibu Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sibu, Sarawak is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sibu. It is the seat of the Bishop of Sibu, currently Joseph Hii Teck Kwong. History Fr. Vincent Halder arrived in Sibu in 1905. He built the old S ...

. In 1999, he obtained a licentiate in spiritual theology from the

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Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu

Hii was appointed titular bishop of Castellum Medianum and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sibu on 25 January 2008, by

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. He received his episcopal consecration on 1 May 2008, from Archbishop

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Bishop of Sibu

On 24 December 2011, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop

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of Diocese of Sibu and named Hii to succeed him. Hii was installed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Sibu by his predecessor on 15 February 2012, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in

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Short Biography of Bishop Joseph Hii
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