Diocese of Hong Kong Island 香港島教區 |
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Location | |
Territory |
Hong Kong Island Outlying islands |
Ecclesiastical province | Hong Kong |
Headquarters | St. Stephen's Church |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 9 |
Churches | 16 |
Schools | 33 |
Information | |
Denomination | Anglican |
Rite | Use of Salisbury |
Established | 22 September 1998 |
Cathedral | St. John's Cathedral |
Language | Chinese and English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong |
Dean | The Very Revd Matthias Tze-wo Der |
Emeritus Bishops | The Most Revd Dr Peter Kwong |
Website | |
http://dhk.hkskh.org/ |
The Diocese of Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島教區) is one of the three dioceses under the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Chinese: 香港聖公會). Its territory covers whole Hong Kong Island and the outlying islands. Cathedral of the Diocese, St. John's Cathedral, is the oldest surviving Western ecclesiastical building in Hong Kong, its construction can be dated back to the 1840s. Incumbent Bishop, also Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong, Paul Kwong, was enthroned and consecrated Bishop on 25 March 2006 and 15 January 2007 respectively. After retirement of then-Archbishop Peter Kwong in 2007, he was elected on 3 February and consecrated on 26 September in the same year, replacing the outgoing Archbishop.