Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Lanang Rd., P.O. Box 495,
96007 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Phone: (084)31.73.73
Fax : 32.12.99
Email:
[email protected],
[email protected]
Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong was born on June 25, 1965, in Sibu. He attended local schools in Sibu and then entered St. Peter’s major seminary in Kuching in 1986, to study philosophy and theology. He was ordained a priest in 1993.
Since his ordination he has ministered as follows: 1993 – assistant priest at St. Anthony’s Church, Sarikei; 1993-1997 – assistant priest at St. Herbert’s Parish, Song and Mary Immaculate Conception Church, Kapit; 1997-1999 – studied for a licentiate in spiritual theology at the Teresianum College in Rome.
Since 1999 he has been parish priest of Mary Immaculate Conception Church, Kapit.
On Jan. 25, 2008, he was appointed as the auxiliary bishop of Sibu. On Dec. 24, 2011, he was appointed as the bishop of Sibu.