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Most Reverend
Monsignor
Nicholas Gerald Chia Yeck Joo
(Chinese: 谢益裕) (April 8, 1938 – ) D.D.
, S.T.L.
is third and current Roman Catholic Archbishop
of Singapore
Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church , all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic de numero.*In the Roman Catholic Church , archbishops are styled "The...
Monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Nicholas Gerald Chia Yeck Joo
Nicholas Chia
Most. Rev. Monsignor Nicholas Gerald Chia Yeck Joo D.D., S.T.L. is third and current Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore and the first Singapore-born clergyman to hold the office...
(Chinese: 谢益裕) (April 8, 1938 – ) D.D.
Doctor of Divinity
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, S.T.L.
Licentiate of Sacred Theology
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is third and current Roman Catholic Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
Ordinaries
- Archdiocese of Singapore
- (1972-1976) Archbishop Michel Olçomendy
- (1977-2000) Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi NgeanGregory YongGregory Yong Sooi Ngean , D.D. D.C.L was the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore. Archbishop Gregory Yong died on 28 June 2008 of a heart failure....
- (2001-present) Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck JooNicholas ChiaMost. Rev. Monsignor Nicholas Gerald Chia Yeck Joo D.D., S.T.L. is third and current Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore and the first Singapore-born clergyman to hold the office...