Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1938		Born
26 Jan 1964	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Malacca-Singapore
15 May 2001	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Singapore
7 Oct 2001	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Singapore
20 May 2013	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Singapore
17 Dec 2024	86.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

MicroData Summary
Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo
Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo
(born 8 Apr 1938, died 17 Dec 2024)
Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Singapore, Diocese of Malacca
Ordained Bishop Indoor, Stadium, Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore
Death Place Saint Theresa's Home, Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Adriano Bernardini
Titular Archbishop of Falerii
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †
Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
Archbishop Anthony Soter Fernandez †
Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Adriano Bernardini (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Falerii
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
William Cardinal Goh Seng Chye (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q925812

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 165, Number 14,069
r: Bollettino, 20 May 2013
d: CB, 17 Dec 2024

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