Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1926		Born
9 Aug 1959	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1972	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia
8 Jun 1973	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Malacca-Johor, Malaysia
10 Dec 2001	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
22 Apr 2023	96.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

MicroData Summary
James Chan Soon Cheong
Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong
(born 26 Jul 1926, died 22 Apr 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Selama
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Johor Baru, Diocese of Malacca-Johor
Death Place Majodi Centre, Plentong

a priest for 63.7 years
a bishop for 49.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †
Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †
Archbishop of Singapore
Bishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †
Bishop of Penang

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † (1955)
Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † (1947)
Archbishop of Malacca-Singapore
Bishop Frédéric-Joseph-Marie Provost, M.E.P. † (1929)
Titular Bishop of Macri
Bishop Pierre-Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. † (1921)
Titular Bishop of Corone
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchut, M.E.P. † (1902)
Titular Bishop of Panemotichus
Bishop Marc Chatagnon, M.E.P. † (1887)
Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta
Bishop Jean-Joseph Fenouil, M.E.P. † (1881)
Titular Bishop of Tenedus
Bishop François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. † (1872)
Titular Bishop of Basilinopolis
Bishop Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. † (1844)
Titular Bishop of Sinitis
Bishop Jacques-Léonard Pérocheau, M.E.P. † (1818)
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Archbishop François de Bovet †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † (1975)
Anthony Soter Cardinal Fernandez † (1978)
Bishop Antony Selvanayagam (1980)
Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung † (1987)
Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (1995)
Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. (2003)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Selama
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Johor Baru, Diocese of Malacca-Johor
Death Place	Majodi Centre, Plentong

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1537831

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,221
d: CB, 22 Apr 2023

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