Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, George H. Pearce, SM died on Sunday, August 30. He was 94. Pearce was a member of the Society of Mary. He was ordained a priest in 1947 by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing at Our Lady of Victories Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He taught at the Marist Fathers’ Preparatory Seminary in Read more
La mitre et la crosse pour un jeune archevêque de Suva, de Rotuma, de Rarotonga et de Kiribati. Il a 52 ans, s’appelle Peter Loy Chong, il est d’origine chinoise mais d’une famille intégrée à Fidji depuis des générations. Et il est devenu samedi le quatrième archevêque, succédant ainsi à Mgr Petero Mataca, 78 ans, Read more
At his ordination on Saturday Archbishop Peter Loy Chong made a plea for unity and tolerance. “For on this day I will humbly serve you as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Suva, and through his (God’s) light gather people of all races. “In this ordination I urge you all to put aside racial, religious, political barriers Read more
Pope Benedict has appointed Peter Loy Chong as the new Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, (population 1,297,683, Catholics 101,050, priests 81, religious 162). Fr Chong was born on January 30, 1961, at Korovou, Tailevu. He comes from a family of seven, three boys and four girls. He undertook his priestly formation at Pacific Regional Seminary. Ordained in 1992 Read more