Church Catholic Church Ordination July 31, 1988 | Nationality Malaysian Name Simon Poh | |
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Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching Consecration September 24, 2015
by John Ha Tiong Hock Born April 15, 1963 (age 60)
Sri Aman ( 1963-04-15 ) | ||
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng (ε δΊη; born 15 April 1963) is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching in Malaysia. Prior to being appointed, he had been serving as an auxiliary bishop in the same diocese.
Biography
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was ordained a priest on 31 July 1988.
On 9 July 2015, Pope Francis appointed Poh Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia. He was consecrated bishop on 24 September 2015 by John Ha Tiong Hock, Archbishop of Kuching. Co-consecrators were Peter Chung Hoan Ting, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching; and Julius Dusin Gitom, Bishop of Sandakan.
On 4 March 2017, Pope Francis appointed Poh to succeed Archbishop Ha as the Archbishop of Kuching.
References
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