Timothy Kwok

Timothy Kwok Chi-Pei (Chinese: 郭志丕; born 28 March 1959)^[1] is a Hong Kong-born Anglican bishop who is serving as Bishop of Eastern Kowloon (diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong Anglican Church (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui), Hong Kong) since November 2014.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kwok/Guo (郭).

The Right Reverend Timothy Kwok Chi-Pei
Bishop of Eastern Kowloon
Province	Hong Kong Anglican Church
Diocese	Eastern Kowloon
Installed	24 November 2014
Predecessor	Louis Tsui
Personal details
Born	1959 Hong Kong
Denomination	Anglican
Education	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University of Birmingham
Ordination history
History Diaconal ordination Date 21 September 1988 Place Hong Kong Priestly ordination Date 18 September 1989 Place Hong Kong Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Paul Kwong Co-consecrators Peter Kwong Thomas Soo Louis Tsui Andrew Chan Date 23 November 2014 Place Hong Kong

Early life

Kwok was born in Hong Kong in 1959, he was baptized in 1968 and the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1974.

Ministry

On 21 September 1988, he was ordained deacon from the Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao and ordained priest in the next year; from 1988 to 1994, he served as associate priest in St Peter's Church, Castle Peak and priest-in-charge in 1995 until his episcopal ordination in 2014.

Kwok was elected as the second diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Kowloon^[2] on 30 March 2014; he was consecrated a bishop on 23 November 2014, by Paul Kwong, Archbishop of Hong Kong, at St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong).^[1] On the next day, 24 November 2014, Kwok was officially enthroned in Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Family

Kwok is married to Daisy, and has two sons, Samuel and Matthew.

References

1. "The Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Bishops, 1998–2021" (PDF). Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Archives. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Wickeri, Philip L.; Chen, Ruiwen (2019). Thy Kingdom Come: A Photographic History of Anglicanism in Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China. Hong Kong University Press. p. 191. ISBN 9789888528028.