Joseph Ha Chi-shing

Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. (Chinese: 夏志誠, born 4 March 1959) is a Catholic bishop and currently the Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong.

Bishop Ha was born in Hong Kong, and started learning Catholic catechism and was then baptised during his study in secondary school. After his graduation, he worked in the field of banking before finding his vocational calling after a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine. He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1984, and received basic religious formation in Taiwan.

He was ordained as a priest on 9 September 1990 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong, from the hands of Cardinal John Baptist Wu, then Bishop of Hong Kong. Since his ordination, he has served as parish priest in St. Bonaventure Parish, Our Lady Queen of Angels Parish, and as Parochial Administrator of St. Francis's Parish. He was also appointed as supervisor of St. Bonaventure College & High School, St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School and Tsz Wan Shan St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School. He has also been a member of the Hong Kong Catholic Board of Education since 2011. He has also been elected twice as the President of the Franciscan Foundation in Hong Kong (in 1999 and 2010 respectively).

Rev. Ha is a renowned theologian and an expert in spirituality, who holds a Master degree in Spirituality from Pontifical University Antonianum.

On 11 July 2014, Rev. Ha was appointed as one of the three Auxiliary Bishops of Hong Kong by Pope Francis, holding the titular see of Simitthu, along with Rev. Michael Yeung Ming-cheung and Rev. Stephen Lee Bun-sang. They were then ordained as bishops on 30 August 2014, with Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, as their principal consecrator.

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