Michael Yeung facts for kids
Quick facts for kids His Excellency, The Most Reverend Michael Yeung Ming-cheung |
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| Bishop of Hong Kong | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Hong Kong |
| Appointed | 1 August 2017 |
| Enthroned | 5 August 2017 |
| Reign ended | 3 January 2019 |
| Predecessor | John Tong Hon |
| Successor | Stephen Chow |
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| Birth name | Michael Yeung Ming-cheung |
| Born | 1 December 1945 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 3 January 2019 (aged 73) Canossa Hospital, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong |
| Buried | St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Urban University Syracuse University Harvard University |
| Motto | Surgite Eamus Hinc 起行伊始 (English: Arise, let us go forth from here) |
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| Styles of Michael Yeung Ming-cheung |
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| Reference style | His Excellency The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (Chinese: 楊鳴章; 1 December 1945 – 3 January 2019) was the eighth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong. He was consecrated on 30 August 2014.
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Early life
Yeung Ming-cheung was born in Shanghai in 1945. He completed his primary and secondary schooling and began working for an import-export company in Hong Kong. In 1972 at the age of 26 he entered the Pontifical Urban University to study theology and philosophy and graduated in 1978.
Priest
He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Hong Kong on 10 June 1978. After his ordination he took a variety of pastoral and administrative roles. From 1978 to 1980 he was vicar in Ha Kwai Chung District, New Territories; from 1980 to 1982 he earned an MA in social communications from Syracuse University in the United States. In 1982 he returned to Hong Kong and was appointed director of the office of Social Communications for the diocese. He held this post until 1986. He was then appointed parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, where he served until 1989 when he was appointed chaplain at Yu C.K. Memorial College. He returned to the United States to study at Harvard University where in 1990 he earned a Master's in Education (Ed.M.). He returned to Hong Kong in 1990 and held the post of director of the office of education until 2013. He was the head of Caritas Hong Kong and was appointed vicar general of the diocese in 2009. He was later appointed a member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.
Bishop
On 11 July 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and named him one of three Auxiliary Bishops of Hong Kong along with Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. and Stephen Lee Bun-sang. Consecrated on 30 August 2014, Yeung was appointed the coadjutor bishop of the diocese on 13 November 2016, and succeeded Cardinal John Tong Hon as the Bishop of Hong Kong on 1 August 2017. On 27 June 2018, AsiaNews reported that Yeung had tendered his resignation to Pope Francis in order to dedicate himself to Caritas. Yeung said he had only suggested that he would like to work for Caritas when he retired from his Hong Kong position. He received two honorary doctorates: one in Social Science from the Open University of Hong Kong, and another one from the Australian Catholic University.
Illness and death
Yeung reportedly tripped over his alb and injured himself when stepping upstairs before celebrating a Mass in December 2018. He made his last public appearance when he celebrated the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception the same month. Beginning 27 December 2018, Yeung underwent treatment for liver failure brought on by cirrhosis at the Canossa Hospital. He died at 1:30pm (Hong Kong time) on 3 January 2019 from the illness. Following Yeung's death, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Tong apostolic administrator to lead the diocese until an appointment of a new bishop. Stephen Chow was appointed Bishop of Hong Kong on 17 May 2021 and will be consecrated bishop and installed on 4 December 2021.
