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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 ...
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. Chan first served as an assistant pastor in Ipoh until 1946, with a three year interruption due to World War II.
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.
Anthony Soter Fernandez was born on 22 April 1932 in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia.He was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Penang on 10 December 1966. [1]He was named Bishop of Penang on 29 September 1977. [2]
There, he built the first Christian church in Penang, the Church of the Assumption, and set up a small printing press. The following year, after his appointment as Vicar Apostolic of Siam and Titular Bishop of Metellopolis , he travelled to Pondicherry where he was consecrated as bishop. [ 2 ]
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
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 ...
It was the first Roman Catholic church in the northern region of Malaysia, as well as the first church built after the British landed in Penang. They went on to control Malaya later on. As the population of Penang Island continues to increase, there was a need for a bigger church. In 1860, the present crucifix shaped church, was constructed.