José Lai Hung-seng (; born 14 January 1946, in

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) is the

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Emeritus of Macau, the first born in the

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and the second Chinese bishop, the first being

Domingos Lam Domingos Lam Ka Tseung (; 9 April 1928 – 27 July 2009) was the first Chinese-born bishop (in Hong Kong then under British sovereignty) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. On 26 May 1987, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Macau ...

. Lai was appointed on 23 January 2001

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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 at Diocesan Seminary of Leiria from 1967 to 1971 and to

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1946 births Living people 21st-century Macau people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in China Roman Catholic bishops of Macau 20th-century Macau people {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub