Andrew Chan (bishop)


Andrew Chan Au-Ming

HonFEdUHK
Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong
Bishop of Western Kowloon
Bishop of Macau
ProvinceHong Kong
DioceseWestern Kowloon
Installed3 January 2021 (as Archbishop of Hong Kong)
26 March 2012 (as Bishop of Western Kowloon)
PredecessorPaul Kwong (as Archbishop of Hong Kong)
Thomas Soo (as Bishop of Western Kowloon)
Orders
Ordination1992
Consecration2012
Personal details
Born1962
Hong Kong
DenominationAnglican
EducationHeythrop Coll.
Salisbury & Wells Theol. Coll.
Newcastle University
Grantham Coll. of Education
Andrew Chan
Traditional Chinese陳謳明
Simplified Chinese陈讴明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Ōu Míng
IPA[ʈʂʰə̌n óʊmǐŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingcan4 au1 ming4

Andrew Chan Au-ming (Chinese: 陳謳明; born 6 January 1962)[1] is the Archbishop of Hong Kong and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church of Hong Kong) since January 2021 and the Bishop of its Western Kowloon diocese since March 2012.[2] He was ordained as deacon in 1991 and priest in 1992. He was priest-in-charge of Holy Spirit Church, vicar of St. Luke's Church and the first Chinese dean of St. John's Cathedral.[3]

  1. ^ "Hong Kong Archbishop & Primate, 1998–2021" (PDF). Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Archives. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Wolfendale, Stuart (2013). Imperial to International: A History of St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. xvii. ISBN 9789888139873.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Citation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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