Peter Kwong

Peter Kwong

Infobox Archbishop
honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
name = Peter Kwong
archbishop_of = Archbishop of Hong Kong
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religion = Anglican
province = Hong Kong Anglican Church
diocese = Hong Kong Island
enthroned = 1998 "Bishop of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui since 1981."
ended = January 2007
predecessor = Post Created
successor = Paul Kwong
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birth_date =
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Peter Kong-kit Kwong GBS (Traditional Chinese: 鄺廣傑) was the first Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui and Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island since 1981 (not an archdiocese at the time). After his retirement in January 2007, he has become the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island.Fact|date=August 2007 His contributions to the community of Hong Kong are wide and varied. In 1998 he was installed as the first Chinese Archbishop of the Anglican Church. He is Advisor to the Amity Foundation of China, Vice-President of the Church Missionary Society, and patron of Comfort Care and Concern, an organization for the terminally ill. In recognition of his work, the University of Hong Kong awarded him the Doctor of Divinity honoris causa.

In 2007 Archbishop Peter Kwong was succeeded by the new Archbishop and Primate, the Most Rev.'d Paul Kwong. Fact|date=August 2007

ee also

* Archbishop of Canterbury
* List of Bishops and Archbishops


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