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Peter Chung Hoan Ting
Peter Chung Hoan Ting (born 10 September 1928) was the metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching, Malaysia from 1976 to 2003, the first archbishop of the diocese. Chung entered the diocesan minor seminary of the Diocese of Laohekou in 1940. In 1947, he entered the Regional Major Seminary at Hankou. However, in 1949, during the communist insurgency, the entire seminary was moved to Hong Kong and later to Macau. In 1954, he graduated from the seminary and arrived in Kuching for his priestly ordination on 26 September. He was ordained by Bishop John Vos and became the first priest to be ordained in Sarawak. In 1966, he was sent to study canon law in Rome and obtained a Doctorate of Canon Law. On 1 September 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Chung as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu and Titular Bishop of Acelum. He was consecrated in Kota Kinabalu by Bishop James Buis on 15 November 1970. In 1972, he became the Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Catholic In the Catholic Church, two different systems may be found. In most countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic ''de numero''. In the United Kingdom, only archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". By custom, this title is used for the Minister general, ministers general of the various branches of the Order of Friars Minor as well as of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Eastern Orthodox In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (those who are not the Primate (bishop), primates of autocephalous churches) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Piong
Datuk Cornelius Piong (born 1 July 1949) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became Bishop of Keningau in 1993. Early and personal life Cornelius was born in Bundu, Kuala Penyu on 1 July 1949 to the late Augustine Piong Senagang (19251998) and the late Lucia Martinus @ Lucy Kimsin (19272023). In 1970, he entered St Francis Xavier's Major Seminary in Singapore and later furthered his studies at College General, Penang in 1972. On 27 March 1977, he was ordained priest in his hometown parish of St Peter the Apostle, Bundu, Kuala Penyu by Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong. In June 1987, he was appointed as vicar general of the Diocese of Kota Kinabalu (now Archdiocese). On 17 December 1992, Cornelius received his appointment to be the bishop of the newly created Diocese of Keningau. He was ordained bishop on 6 May 1993 at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Keningau by Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting. Cornelius is the first bumiputera Catholic bishop in Malaysia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kota Kinabalu
The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Latin language, Latin language: ''Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis''; Malaysian Malay, Malay: ''Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu''; Mandarin language, Mandarin: ''哥打京那巴鲁总教区'') is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. The archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long history slowly rising along with the Catholic population from a prefecture to an archdiocese. Its cathedral archepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu. The patron saint of the archdiocese is Saint Joseph, St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. History Originally erected on 4 September 1855 as the Apostolic prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, created on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (Java) (including the neighbouring Dutch East Indies). On 5 February 1927 it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. In January 1964, List of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI, he flew to Jordan, the first time a reigning pontiff had left Italy in more than a century. Montini served in the Holy See's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954, and along with Domenico Tardini was considered the closest and most influential advisor of Pope Pius XII. In 1954, Pius named Montini Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese. Montini later became the Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, Italian Bishops' Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Of Canon Law (Catholic Church)
Doctor of Canon Law (, JCD) is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. It can also be an honorary degree awarded by Anglican colleges. It may also be abbreviated ICD or dr.iur.can. (''Iuris Canonici Doctor''), ICDr, DCL, DCnl, DDC, or DCanL (''Doctor of Canon Law''). A doctor of both laws A doctor of both laws, from the Latin , , or ("doctor of both laws") (abbreviations include: JUD, IUD, DUJ, JUDr., DUI, DJU, Dr.iur.utr., Dr.jur.utr., DIU, UJD and UID), is a scholar who has acquired a doctorate in both civil and church law ... (i.e. canon and civil) is a JUD (''Juris Utriusque Doctor'') or UJD (''Utriusque Juris Doctor''). History The Roman Church has the oldest continuously used homogeneous legal system in the world.Raymond Wacks, ''Law: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Ed.'' (Oxford University Press, 2015) p.15. Footnotes Canon Law, Doctor Law degrees Academic canon law * Religious degrees {{RC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north. The state capital, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Malaysia, Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. As of 2020 Malaysia census, the population of Sarawak was 2.453 million. Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant animal and plant species. It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park. Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia; Bakun Dam, one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, is located on one of its tributaries, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuching
Kuching ( , ), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwestern tip of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an area of with a population of about 162,843 in the Kuching North administrative region and 351,815 in the Kuching South administrative regiona total of 514,658 people. Kuching was founded by the representative of the Sultan of Brunei in 1827. It was the third capital of Sarawak in 1827 during the administration of the Bruneian Empire. In 1841, Kuching became the capital of the Kingdom of Sarawak after the territory in the area was ceded to James Brooke for helping the Bruneian Empire in crushing a rebellion particularly by the interior Borneo-dwelling Bidayuh, Land Dayak people who later became his loyal followers after most of them were pardoned by him and joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Malaysia
''Herald Malaysia'' is a multilingual Malaysian Catholic weekly newspaper. It publishes in English with additional language sections inside in Chinese, Tamil and Malaysian languages. Circulation It has a circulation of 15,600 copies in Malaysia. It is printed in English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese, and meant for distribution to Malaysian Catholics. Newspaper sections * Cover News * Forum & Reflection * Home News * International News * Editorial * Opinion * Focus * Focus: Faith Alive * Focus: Children * Focus: Youth * Chinese * Bahasa Malaysia * Weekly reading * Supplements * Today's Shalom Government threats and censorship The ''Herald'' newspaper nearly lost its publishing licence for using the word "Allah" as a translation for "God," with authorities saying it should only be used by Muslims. The weekly was warned not to print "Allah" in the future, but instead it mounted an ongoing legal challenge to revoke the ban on the word, which is also used in the Malay-language Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by population density, densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming dynasty as a trading post in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887, when Portugal gained perpetual colonial rights with the signing of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until the 1999 handover to China. Macau is a Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist-controlled China (1927–1949)
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had sphere of influence zones within Republic of China (1912–1949), Republican era China from 1927 to 1949 during the Chinese Civil War, collectively called revolutionary base areas. They were also known as the Soviet Zone from 1927 to 1937 during the Encirclement campaigns, early stages of the Chinese Civil War, the Anti-Japanese Base Areas during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Liberated Zone during the final Stages of the Civil War from 1946 until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. There were six soviet areas from 1927 to 1933: the Jinggang Mountains, the Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet, Central Soviet in Eastern Jiangxi on the border of Fujian, the Eyuwan Soviet, Xiangexi (West Hubei and Hunan), and Xianggan (Hunan-Jiangxi). The first soviet was the Hailufeng Soviet created in 1927. The Central Soviet was the main base of the CCP where its leader Mao Zedong issued a directive on 1 September 1931 for the Central Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
