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Francis Chan (25 July 1913 – 20 October 1967) was a Singaporean bishop of the Catholic Church.After finishing high school in Singapore, he studied for the priesthood at College General in Penang and was ordained a priest in 1939.
Bishop Francis Chan was the first bishop of Penang. In 1967, due to the demise of Bishop Francis Chan, Bishop Gregory Yong was appointed as the second bishop of Penang. In 1976, Penang hosted the Aggiornamento for all bishops and priests in West Malaysia. In 1977, he was appointed as Archbishop of Singapore. Bishop Anthony Soter Fernandez was ...
The need for a diocese was raised up after the Japanese occupation. After much discussion, finally on 25 February 1955, the Penang Diocese was established together with the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. At the same time, Bishop Francis Chan and Bishop Dominic Vendargon were appointed as
After a short stint as assistant Parish Priest at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, he was appointed to a teaching position in the Major Seminary, again, the very first local priest to be thus honoured. On 1 July 1968, Yong was consecrated Bishop, and took over the Diocese Of Penang from Bishop Francis Chan who had died on 27 October ...
Francis Chan; Bishop of Penang, Malaysia (1955–1967) Sebastian U Shwe Yauk; Bishop of Toungoo, Burma (1961–1988) Paul Nguyen-Dình Nhien; Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Vietnam (1963–1969); Titular Bishop of Gisipa, Carthage (1963–1969) Joseph Mahn Erie; Bishop of Bassein, Burma (1968–1982) Abraham Than
On 1 February 1948, the Federation of Malaya Government was formed. In 1955, the two dioceses of Kuala Lumpur and Penang were created and the consecration of first local bishops Dominic Vendargon and Francis Chan took place. In 1957, on 31 August, Malaya gained independence, and its first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, was appointed.
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On 7 July 2012, Benedict XVI appointed Francis the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Penang. [3] [2] He received his episcopal consecration on 20 August 2012 at St Anne’s Church in Bukit Mertajam [4] from Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, with Bishops Antony Selvanayagam and Paul Tan Chee Ing serving as co-consecrators.