Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 May 1925		Born
3 Dec 1951	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Penang, Malaysia
9 Apr 1968	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
1 Jul 1968	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
3 Feb 1977	51.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Singapore
2 Apr 1977	51.8	Installed	Archbishop of Singapore
14 Oct 2000	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Singapore
28 Jun 2008	83.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

MicroData Summary
Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean
Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean
(born 20 May 1925, died 28 Jun 2008)
Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

Event Place
Birth Place Batu Gajah

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 39.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †
Archbishop of Malacca-Singapore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Kien Samophithak †
Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng
Bishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †
Bishop of Kuala Lumpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Anthony Soter Cardinal Fernandez † (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1970)
Bishop James Chan Soon Cheong † (1973)
Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † (1975)
Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin (1977)
Archbishop John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (1987)
Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock (1998)
Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo (2001)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1545426

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)

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