Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong

Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1926		Born	Selama
9 Aug 1959	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1972	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia
8 Jun 1973	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia
10 Dec 2001	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Melaka-Johor.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †
Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong (1973)
Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † (1955)
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † (1947)
Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P. † (1929)
Bishop Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. † (1921)
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902)
Bishop Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † (1887)
Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881)
Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872)
Archbishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844)
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Archbishop François de Bovet †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong †
Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez
Bishop Antony Selvanayagam
Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †
Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.

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