John Tong Hon
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John Tong Hon 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.
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Open the door of the domestic Church and of the big family of the Church, so that nobody in the world is without a family and the Church is the family for everyone.
"The Church becomes the home of people who suffer": Cardinal Tong to the new permanent deacons (20 July 2012) Fides News Agency
Hong Kong now, rather than a Bridge-Church, can be considered a sister-Church to China.
Bishop John Tong, a new cardinal for Hong Kong and China (17 February 2012) Asia News
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John Tong Hon 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.
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