John Tong Hon
His Eminence John Tong Hon | |
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| Cardinal Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Province | Canton (nominal) Directly subject to the Holy See (in practice) |
| See | Hong Kong |
| Appointed | 30 January 2008 (as coadjutor bishop) |
| Installed | 15 April 2009 |
| Term ended | 1 August 2017 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Zen, S.D.B. |
| Successor | Michael Yeung |
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| Ordination | 6 January 1966 by Pope Paul VI |
| Consecration | 9 December 1996 by John Baptist Wu |
| Created cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | 31 July 1939 |
| Nationality | BDTC (until 1997), Chinese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong Pontifical Urbaniana University |
| Motto | Dominus Pastor Meus 主為我牧 (English: The Lord is my Shepherd) |
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| Styles of John Tong Hon | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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| Traditional Chinese | 湯漢 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 汤汉 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jyutping | Tong1 Hon3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Tong Hon (Chinese: 湯漢, born 31 July 1939) 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.