James Chan Soon Cheong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chan.

His Excellency James Chan Soon Cheong D.D
Bishop Emeritus of Malacca-Johor
Archdiocese	Kuala Lumpur
Diocese	Malacca-Johor
Installed	8 June 1973
Term ended	10 December 2001
Predecessor	Michel Olçomendy
Successor	Paul Tan Chee Ing, SJ
Orders
Ordination	9 August 1959
Consecration	8 June 1973 by Dominic Vendargon
Personal details
Born	(1926-07-26)26 July 1926 Selama, Perak, Federated Malay States
Died	22 April 2023(2023-04-22) (aged 96) Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	"To serve is my joy"
Coat of arms

Styles of James Chan Soon Cheong
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

James Chan Soon Cheong
Traditional Chinese	曾順祥
Simplified Chinese	曾顺祥
Hanyu Pinyin	Zéng Shùnxiáng
Hokkien POJ	Chan Sūnsiông

James Chan Soon Cheong (曾顺祥;^[1] 26 July 1926 – 22 April 2023) was a Malaysian prelate in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Selama, Perak, he was ordained a priest on 9 August 1959. He was appointed Bishop of Melaka-Johor^[2] on 22 December 1972. His episcopal ordination took place on 8 June 1973. He retired at the age of 75 years on 10 December 2001.

Chan died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 96.^[3]

Life

James Chan Soon Cheong attended St. Xavier's Institution in Penang and from 1946, St. George's Institution in Taiping. From 1950 Cheong attended St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary in Singapore. From 1953 to 1959 he studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the seminary in Penang.^[4] On 9 August 1959, he received the sacrament of ordination for the Diocese of Penang.^[5]

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor
• James Chan Soon Cheong at Catholic Hierarchy

References

1. 林其坤 (10 May 2015). "常跑第一、選擇最好 懷念周紫明修女". Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2017. 殯葬禮儀於3月16日在麻六甲聖德肋撒天主堂舉行，主祭是黃來發神父、甲柔教區榮休主教曾順祥與余日中、姚佳祝、鄧英偉、王安當、黃大華、李益興及陳億賜7位神父共祭，參與的教眾異常踴躍。
2. Almanack 1984. J. Whitaker & Sons. 1984. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-85021-142-9.
3. "Obituary of Bishop Emeritus James Chan Soon Cheong, D.D." Herald Malaysia Online. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
4. "Obituary of Bishop Emeritus James Chan Soon Cheong, D.D." heraldmalaysia.com. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
5. AAS 65 (1973), S. 48.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michel Olçomendy	Bishop of Melaka-Johor 1973–2001	Succeeded by Paul Tan Chee Ing