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Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin a Malaysian Roman Catholic Prelate, was born on March 20, 1937, in Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia. He was ordained a priest on Jan. 2, 1966, and was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miri, Malaysia on 30 May 1977. His episcopal ordination was on Nov. 20, 1977.
His consecrator was Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting of Kuching, principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean of Singapore and Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong of Kota Kinabalu.
On 30 Oct, 2013 Bishop Anthony Lee retired and was succeeded by Bishop Richard Ng.
St Anthony’s Church Bintulu hosted the 80th birthday cum 40th anniversary of Episcopal Ordination celebration for Bishop Emeritus Anthony Lee Kok Hin.
The celebration on May 10 2017 included a thanksgiving mass at 9am at St Anthony’s Church and a grand dinner at Dinner World Restaurant.
The celebration was attended by distinguished guests including Malaysia’s first cardinal His Eminence Tan Sri Anthony Soter Fernandez, archbishops and bishops of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and priests from the Miri Diocese.
Story compiled by Ben Chang
