Malaysia

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
15 Nov 1970		Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching
24 Oct 1971		Archbishop Giovanni Moretti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
8 Jun 1973		Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor
20 Nov 1977		Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Bishop of Miri
17 Feb 1978		Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur
1 Sep 1980		Bishop Antony Selvanayagam	Bishop of Penang
14 Dec 1980		Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
6 Jan 1987		Bishop Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Bishop Emeritus of Sibu
27 Apr 1987		Archbishop Alberto Tricarico	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
26 Jun 1987		Archbishop John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu
18 Jun 1989		Archbishop Luigi Bressan	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
15 Nov 1992		Archbishop Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
6 May 1993		Bishop Cornelius Piong	Bishop of Keningau
4 Oct 1995		Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
6 Jun 1998		Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock	Archbishop of Kuching
6 Jan 1999		Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio	Apostolic Nuncio to India
15 May 2003		Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Bishop of Melaka-Johor
17 Jun 2006		Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
15 Oct 2007		Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom	Bishop of Sandakan
1 May 2008		Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Bishop of Sibu
1 Oct 2010		Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu

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