William Goh

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William Goh Seng Chye (born June 25, 1957 in Singapore ) is Archbishop of Singapore .

Life

William Goh studied Philosophy at the Major Seminary in Penang, Malaysia, Catholic Theology at the Major Seminary in Singapore. He was ordained a priest on May 1, 1985 by Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean . After his vicariate in Singapore, he completed a theological license at the Gregorian in Rome. On his return he took over the parish of St. Anne in Singapore in 1992/1993, but was appointed professor at the Singapore Seminary in 1992. He has been Rector of St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary in Singapore since 2005 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on December 29, 2012 as Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore. The Apostolic Nuncio , Leopoldo Girelli , donated him episcopal ordination on February 22, 2013 ; Co- consecrators were Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam , Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur , and Nicholas Chia , Archbishop of Singapore.

With the acceptance by Pope Francis of Nicholas Chia for reasons of age on May 20, 2013 , he succeeded Chia in the office of Archbishop of Singapore.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Coadiutore di Singapore , in: Holy See Press Office : Daily Bulletin of December 29, 2012.
  2. ^ Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo di Singapore (Singapore) ( Memento of June 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , in: Holy See Press Office : Daily Bulletin of May 20, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Goh, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Singaporean clergyman and theologian, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore