John Ha Tiong Hock


John Ha Tiong Hock, P.S.B.S., born 5 March 1947 in Kuching, Sarawak), was ordained a priest on 14 December 1972, and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching on 17 January 1998. His episcopal ordination was on 6 June 1998. He was appointed Archbishop of Kuching on 23 June 2003, and was installed on 16 July 2003. On 4 March 2017, he resigned as Archbishop, handing over the diocese to his Auxiliary Bishop, Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng. He was also the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Biblical Commission.