Stephen Chow (bishop)

(Chinese: 周守仁, born 7 August 1959) is a Hongkonger prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Bishop of Hong Kong since 2021.

[2] On 16 July 1994, Chow was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by John Baptist Wu, Bishop of Hong Kong.

He undertook postgraduate studies at Loyola University Chicago, receiving a master's degree in organizational development in 1995.

[1][2] Chow's first pastoral assignment was at Wah Yan Kowloon and Hong Kong, where he was chaplain, teacher, and school manager from 1996 to 2000.

[2] Chow succeeded John Lee Hua as provincial superior of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus on 1 January 2018.

[7] Chow later revealed that he initially declined the bishop's title in December 2020 because he thought the post should go to a member of the secular clergy.

He met with Archbishop Joseph Li Shan, visited several churches and the Zhalan Cemetery that holds the tombstone of Matteo Ricci.

It can be said that our blood does not carry any love for the nation...It requires extra effort to alter this mentality and it is even more difficult to do so after experiencing the social and political changes over the past decade...I believe both the central and local governments are also aware of this.

[18]At the aforementioned consistory, he was made Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle.