Dominic Su Haw Chiu
Dominic Su Haw Chiu is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church, and was Bishop of Sibu from 1987 to 2011.Biography
Su entered and studied at St Francis Xavier's Minor Seminary, Singapore, in 1961 to 1963. In 1964, he studied philosophy and theology at College General, Penang until 1969. He studied there together with his fellow seminarian Antony Selvanayagam, emeritus bishop of Penang.
Su ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 December 1969 by the late bishop Charles Reiterer. Su then furthered his studies at Rome, to pursue Canon Law, attending the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1979 to 1981.
In 1987, Pope John Paul II appointed and consecrate Su as Bishop of Sibu. He was consecrated a bishop on January 6, 1987, at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. On February 11, 1987, Su was installed as the Bishop of the new Diocese of Sibu by Archbishop Renato Martino, Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. In 2009, Su celebrates a thanksgiving mass for his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination and 70th birthday. In 2011, he resign for early retirement, and was succeeded by the auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong. He has served as the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care.
