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May 17, 2021 (Vatican News) : The Pope appointed Jesuit Fr. Stephen Chow Sau-yan as the Bishop of Hong Kong Diocese on Monday.

Bishop-elect Chow currently serves as the Provincial of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus.

He will take over from Cardinal John Tong Hon, who has served as the Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong since January 2019.

Fr. Stephen Chow Sau-yan, SJ, was born on 7 August 1959 in Hong Kong. He joined the Society of Jesus on 27 September 1984 and was ordained to the priesthood on 16 July 1994. He professed his final vows on 17 April 2007.

Bishop-elect Chow has served in the following positions :

Supervisor of two Jesuit colleges in Hong Kong and Wah Yan in Kowloon, since 2007; Honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (2008-2015) and Jesuit Formator (2009-2017).

Bishop-elect Chow became the Provincial of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus on 1 January 2018, and Vice-Secretary of the Association of Religious Superiors of Male Institutes in Hong Kong in 2020.

Source : Vatican News