The Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, Monsignor Peter Wang-Kei Lei was born in Guangzhou, China, and was ordained to the priesthood on July 6, 1952, at 30 years of age, after concluding his studies at the Holy Ghost Seminary and the Regional Seminary for South China, Aberdeen.
Teacher at the Holy Ghost Seminary of Sai Kung between 1952 and 1953, from 1954 until 1971, Lei served as vicar cooperator at Holy Soul's church, spiritual director of the Hong Kong Catholic Students' Association, vice-rector of the Holy Spirit Diocesan Minor Seminary, parish priest of the cathedral, and parish priest of Aberdeen's St. Peter church.
Named vicar general of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 1971, Lei was appointed Auxiliary for the named See by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Octaba on September 8, 1971, from Bishop Francis Xavier Chen-Ping Hsu, assisted by Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang and Bishop Paulo José Tavares.
Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary, Bishop Lei was sworn in as vicar capitular of the Diocese on May 23, 1973, the day the named Bishop Hsu passed unexpectedly away at 53 years of age.
Appointed his successor as the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong on December 21, 1973, Bishop Lei also passed suddenly away of a sudden heart attack in the morning of Tuesday, July 23, 1974, at St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, at 11 am.
Requiem Mass for the late Bishop Lei was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 10 am., on Thursday, July 25, followed by interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, after the mass, where following exhumation, his remains were placed at the back wall of the cemetery chapel in plot. In 2009, his remains, along with those of the other Hong Kong Ordinaries buried at St. Michael's, were transferred to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and re-interred in a specially constructed crypt on the initiative of Cardinal Joseph Zen.
Teacher at the Holy Ghost Seminary of Sai Kung between 1952 and 1953, from 1954 until 1971, Lei served as vicar cooperator at Holy Soul's church, spiritual director of the Hong Kong Catholic Students' Association, vice-rector of the Holy Spirit Diocesan Minor Seminary, parish priest of the cathedral, and parish priest of Aberdeen's St. Peter church.
Named vicar general of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 1971, Lei was appointed Auxiliary for the named See by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Octaba on September 8, 1971, from Bishop Francis Xavier Chen-Ping Hsu, assisted by Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang and Bishop Paulo José Tavares.
Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary, Bishop Lei was sworn in as vicar capitular of the Diocese on May 23, 1973, the day the named Bishop Hsu passed unexpectedly away at 53 years of age.
Appointed his successor as the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong on December 21, 1973, Bishop Lei also passed suddenly away of a sudden heart attack in the morning of Tuesday, July 23, 1974, at St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, at 11 am.
Requiem Mass for the late Bishop Lei was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 10 am., on Thursday, July 25, followed by interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, after the mass, where following exhumation, his remains were placed at the back wall of the cemetery chapel in plot. In 2009, his remains, along with those of the other Hong Kong Ordinaries buried at St. Michael's, were transferred to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and re-interred in a specially constructed crypt on the initiative of Cardinal Joseph Zen.
The Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, Monsignor Peter Wang-Kei Lei was born in Guangzhou, China, and was ordained to the priesthood on July 6, 1952, at 30 years of age, after concluding his studies at the Holy Ghost Seminary and the Regional Seminary for South China, Aberdeen.
Teacher at the Holy Ghost Seminary of Sai Kung between 1952 and 1953, from 1954 until 1971, Lei served as vicar cooperator at Holy Soul's church, spiritual director of the Hong Kong Catholic Students' Association, vice-rector of the Holy Spirit Diocesan Minor Seminary, parish priest of the cathedral, and parish priest of Aberdeen's St. Peter church.
Named vicar general of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 1971, Lei was appointed Auxiliary for the named See by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Octaba on September 8, 1971, from Bishop Francis Xavier Chen-Ping Hsu, assisted by Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang and Bishop Paulo José Tavares.
Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary, Bishop Lei was sworn in as vicar capitular of the Diocese on May 23, 1973, the day the named Bishop Hsu passed unexpectedly away at 53 years of age.
Appointed his successor as the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong on December 21, 1973, Bishop Lei also passed suddenly away of a sudden heart attack in the morning of Tuesday, July 23, 1974, at St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, at 11 am.
Requiem Mass for the late Bishop Lei was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 10 am., on Thursday, July 25, followed by interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, after the mass, where following exhumation, his remains were placed at the back wall of the cemetery chapel in plot. In 2009, his remains, along with those of the other Hong Kong Ordinaries buried at St. Michael's, were transferred to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and re-interred in a specially constructed crypt on the initiative of Cardinal Joseph Zen.
Teacher at the Holy Ghost Seminary of Sai Kung between 1952 and 1953, from 1954 until 1971, Lei served as vicar cooperator at Holy Soul's church, spiritual director of the Hong Kong Catholic Students' Association, vice-rector of the Holy Spirit Diocesan Minor Seminary, parish priest of the cathedral, and parish priest of Aberdeen's St. Peter church.
Named vicar general of the Diocese of Hong Kong in 1971, Lei was appointed Auxiliary for the named See by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Octaba on September 8, 1971, from Bishop Francis Xavier Chen-Ping Hsu, assisted by Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang and Bishop Paulo José Tavares.
Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary, Bishop Lei was sworn in as vicar capitular of the Diocese on May 23, 1973, the day the named Bishop Hsu passed unexpectedly away at 53 years of age.
Appointed his successor as the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong on December 21, 1973, Bishop Lei also passed suddenly away of a sudden heart attack in the morning of Tuesday, July 23, 1974, at St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, at 11 am.
Requiem Mass for the late Bishop Lei was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 10 am., on Thursday, July 25, followed by interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, after the mass, where following exhumation, his remains were placed at the back wall of the cemetery chapel in plot. In 2009, his remains, along with those of the other Hong Kong Ordinaries buried at St. Michael's, were transferred to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and re-interred in a specially constructed crypt on the initiative of Cardinal Joseph Zen.
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