John Tong Hon

History
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Pope Paul VI
Date	6 January 1966
Place	St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	John Baptist Wu (Hong Kong)
Co-consecrators	Peter Shirayanagi (Tokyo); Charles Asa Schleck (Adj. Sec. Sacr. Cong. Prop. Fide)
Date	9 December 1996
Place	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, British Hong Kong
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Benedict XVI
Date	18 February 2012

History
Ordination history of; John Tong Hon
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Pope Paul VI
Date	6 January 1966
Place	St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	John Baptist Wu (Hong Kong)
Co-consecrators	Peter Shirayanagi (Tokyo); Charles Asa Schleck (Adj. Sec. Sacr. Cong. Prop. Fide)
Date	9 December 1996
Place	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, British Hong Kong
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Benedict XVI
Date	18 February 2012
Michael Yeung
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by John Tong Hon as principal consecrator
Michael Yeung	30 August 2014
Stephen Lee	30 August 2014
Joseph Ha	30 August 2014
Stephen Chow	4 December 2021
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His Eminence

John Tong Hon
His Eminence; John Tong Hon
Cardinal; Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong
Church	Catholic Church
Province	Canton (nominal); Directly subject to the Holy See (in practice)
See	Hong Kong
Appointed	30 January 2008 (as coadjutor bishop)
Installed	15 April 2009
Term ended	1 August 2017
Predecessor	Joseph Zen, S.D.B.
Successor	Michael Yeung
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola (2012–present); Member of Council for the Economy (2014–present);
Orders
Ordination	6 January 1966; by Pope Paul VI
Consecration	9 December 1996; by John Baptist Wu
Created cardinal	18 February 2012; by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	31 July 1939; Central, British Hong Kong
Nationality	BDTC (until 1997), Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Hong Kong
Previous post(s)	Vicar General of the Diocese of Hong Kong (1992–2008); Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong (1996–2008); Titular Bishop of Bossa (1996–2008); Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong (2008–2009); Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong (2019–2021);
Alma mater	Chinese University of Hong Kong; Pontifical Urbaniana University
Motto	Dominus Pastor Meus; 主為我牧; (English: The Lord is my Shepherd)
Coat of arms

John Tong Hon (born 31 July 1939) is a prelate of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong. A cardinal since 2012, he was auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2008, then coadjutor bishop of the diocese for a year, and Bishop of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017. In January 2019, he became the apostolic administrator of the diocese, in a caretaker role, after the death of his successor, Michael Yeung.

Styles of John Tong Hon

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

John Tong Hon

Traditional Chinese

湯漢

Simplified Chinese

汤汉

Cantonese Yale

Tòng Hon

Jyutping

Tong¹
Hon³

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tàng Hàn
Wade–Giles	T'ang⁴ Han⁴
Yale Romanization	Tàng Hàn
Hakka
Romanization	Tong⁴⁴ Hon⁵²
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Tòng Hon
Jyutping	Tong¹ Hon³
IPA	[tɔ̄ːŋ hɔ̄ːn]

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