St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery is a private cemetery located in Happy Valley, on

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, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong together with Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery,

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and St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery,

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. It is also the oldest Catholic cemetery in Hong Kong.

Notable burials

Diocese bishops

*Cardinal

John Baptist Wu John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung ( zh, t=胡振中, cy=Wu Cheng-chung; 26 March 1925 – 23 September 2002) was the fifth List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong, Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and the first Cardinal (Catholic Church), ...

(1925–2002), 5th Bishop and first

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of Hong Kong, his remains was exhumed in September 2022 and transferred to the Crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception *Bishop Michael Yeung (1945–2019), 8th Bishop of Hong Kong

Clergy

*Fr. Alfred Deignan SJ (1927–2018), former principal of Wah Yan College *Fr. Harold Naylor SJ (1931–2018), former teacher of Kowloon Wah Yan College *Fr. George Zee SJ (1940–2025), former supervisor of Kowloon Wah Yan College *Fr. Antonio Riganti PIME (1893-1965), former

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and

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of Hong Kong *Bishop Adolph John Paschang MM (1895-1968), Maryknoll Missionary and former Bishop of

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*Bishop Charles Joseph Lemaire MEP (1900-1995), former Vicar Apostolic of

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and former Superior General of

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Others

*Harold Lee (1910–1980), co-founder of

Television Broadcasts Limited Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

William Mong William Mong Man-wai GBS (, 7 November 1927 – 20 July 2010) was the chairman of the Shun Hing Group, the distributor of Matsushita products ( National, Panasonic, Technics) in Hong Kong. He attended La Salle College in Hong Kong ...

GBS (1927–2010), founder and chairman of the Shun Hing Group *

Raymond Wu Raymond Wu Shao Kang (Chinese: 吳紹綱, born January 22, 1985, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese-American professional poker player who currently resides in Taipei, Taiwan. Wu is a member of Team PokerStars Pro Asia. Poker career Wu was introduced ...

GBS (1936–2006), member of Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress *Sir

Harry Fang Sir Harry Fang Sin-yang, GBM, CBE, JP (, 2 August 1923 – 24 August 2009) was a Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, legislator and campaigner who promoted rehabilitation services. He was widely known as the "father of rehabilitation" in Asia. A we ...

GBM,

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, JP (1923–2009), co-founder of Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation * Peter Tsao

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, (1933–2005), former Secretary for Administrative Services and Information and Secretary for Home Affairs *Tang King Po (1879–1956), famous entrepreneur *Linda Lin Dai (1934–1964), film actress

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