His Excellency Richard Ng | |
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Bishop of Miri | |
See | Diocese of Miri |
Appointed | 30 October 2013 |
Installed | 25 January 2014 |
Predecessor | Anthony Lee Kok Hin |
Orders | |
Ordination | 18 February 1995 by Peter Chung Hoan Ting |
Consecration | 25 January 2014 by Anthony Lee Kok Hin |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia | 20 June 1966
Nationality | Malaysian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | "Proclaim the Gospel" |
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Richard Ng (born 20 June 1966) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Bishop of Miri from 2014.
Ng grew up in Kuching in a normal Catholic family. He received his primary education at Catholic English Primary School and secondary education at St Joseph’s Secondary School. [1] After finishing Form 6 in 1985, he worked as a site supervisor for one year, and a few months in a laboratory. [2] In 1987, he studied at St Peter’s College Seminary in Kuching. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Kuching in 1995. He was sent to study Sacred Scriptures at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome in September 1999. He obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Scriptures in 2003. [2]
When he return to Kuching, he was posted to teach Sacred Scriptures at St Peter’s College. He also serve as a full-time formator for seminarians. [2] In 2008, he was appointed the rector of St Peter’s College. [2]
On 30 October 2013, Pope Francis has accepted resignation of bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin, who resign due to mandatory age, and appointed Ng as the successor. [3] [4] He received his episcopal consecration on 25 January 2014 from his predecessor, Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin, with Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock and Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong serving as co-consecrators. On the same day of his episcopal ordination, he took the canonical possession of the Diocese of Miri. [1]
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