{{BLP sources|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Joseph Ha Chi-shing | honorific-suffix = OFM | title = {{unbulleted list|Titular Bishop of Simitthus | Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong}} | image = 2021年聖誕節夏志誠輔理主教-20211225 002440.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Hong Kong | see = Hong Kong | appointed = 11 July 2014 | term_start = | ended = | predecessor = | opposed = | successor = | other_post = | ordination = 9 September 1990 | ordained_by = John Baptist Wu | consecration = 30 August 2014 | consecrated_by = John Tong Hon | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | previous_post = | motto = {{lang|la|Pax et bonum}}<br>(English: ''Peace and goodness'') | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = British Hong Kong | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = China | religion = Roman Catholicism | residence = Hong Kong | parents = | alma_mater =Pontifical Urban University<br>Pontifical University Antonianum<br>Saint Louis University | signature = | coat_of_arms= Coat of arms of Joseph Ha Chi Shing.svg }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = John Baptist Wu (Hong Kong) | date of priestly ordination = 9 September 1990 | place of priestly ordination = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, British Hong Kong | consecrated by = John Tong Hon (Hong Kong) | co-consecrators = Joseph Zen (Hong Kong em.)<br>Savio Hon (Sec. Sacr. Cong. Prop. Fide) | date of consecration = 30 August 2014 | place of consecration = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong | elevated by = | date of elevation = | sources = <ref>{{cite news|title=Hong Kong: Three new auxiliary bishops ordained|url=http://www.oclarim.com.mo/en/2014/09/19/hong-kong-three-new-auxiliary-bishops-ordained/|date=19 September 2014|accessdate=8 January 2019|newspaper=O Clarim|location=Macau|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108154935/http://www.oclarim.com.mo/en/2014/09/19/hong-kong-three-new-auxiliary-bishops-ordained/|archivedate=8 January 2019}}</ref> }} {{Infobox bishop styles | name = Joseph Ha Chi-shing | dipstyle = His Excellency<br>The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Bishop | image = Coat of arms of Joseph Ha Chi Shing.svg | image_size = 200px }} '''Joseph Ha Chi-shing''', O.F.M. ({{zh|t=夏志誠}}, born 4 March 1959), is a Roman Catholic bishop and currently the auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong.
==Biography== Ha was born in Hong Kong, and started learning Catholic catechism and was then baptised during his study in secondary school. After his graduation, he worked in the field of banking<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of the Holy See Study Mission, Prot. 3.843/14|url=https://saltandlighttv.org/chinese/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/statement-of-the-holy-see-20140711.pdf}}</ref> before finding his vocational calling after a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine.<ref>{{cite web|title=天主教夏志誠主教專訪|url=http://www.hksyu.edu/bepp/papers/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E5%A4%8F%E5%BF%97%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA.pdf|publisher=樹仁大學商業經濟及公共政策研究中心|access-date=2016-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120013058/http://www.hksyu.edu/bepp/papers/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E5%A4%8F%E5%BF%97%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA.pdf|archive-date=2016-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1984, and received basic religious formation in Taiwan.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Bishop of Hong Kong - Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|url=https://www.catholic.org.hk/v2/en/cdhk/a02auxiliary_bishop.html|website=www.catholic.org.hk}}</ref> He was ordained as a priest on 9 September 1990 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong, from the hands of Cardinal John Baptist Wu, the Bishop of Hong Kong at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhacs.html|access-date=1 February 2021|title=Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201212939/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhacs.html|archive-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> Since his ordination, he has served as parish priest in St. Bonaventure Parish, Our Lady Queen of Angels Parish, and as Parochial Administrator of St. Francis's Parish. He was also appointed as supervisor of St. Bonaventure College & High School, St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School and Tsz Wan Shan St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School. He has also been a member of the Hong Kong Catholic Board of Education since 2011. He has also been elected twice as the president of the Franciscan Foundation in Hong Kong (in 1999 and 2010 respectively).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auxiliary Bishop HA, Chi-Shing Joseph OFM |url=https://archives.catholic.org.hk/Succession%20Line/J-Ha.htm |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives}}</ref>
Ha is a theologian and an expert in spirituality,<ref>{{cite web|title=教宗任命楊鳴章、李斌生、夏志誠神父出任香港教區輔理主教 — 鹽與光|url=https://saltandlighttv.org/chinese/hkbishops/|website=saltandlighttv.org|date=11 July 2014}}</ref> who holds a master's degree in spirituality from Pontifical University Antonianum.
On 11 July 2014, Ha was appointed as one of the three auxiliary bishops of Hong Kong by Pope Francis, holding the titular see of Simitthu, along with Michael Yeung Ming-cheung and Stephen Lee Bun-sang.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 17 May 2019 | date = 11 July 2014| title = Rinunce e nomine, 11.07.2014 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/11/0513/01148.html| publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> They were consecrated bishops on 30 August 2014, with Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, as their principal consecrator.
With Lee's appointment as Bishop of Macau in January 2016 and Yeung's promotion to coadjutor and then bishop of Hong Kong, Ha remains the sole auxiliary.<ref>{{cite news | work= Zenit | access-date = 19 May 2019 | date= 3 January 2019 | title = Hong Kong: Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung Dies at Age 73 | url = https://zenit.org/articles/hong-kong-bishop-michael-yeung-ming-cheung-dies-at-age-73/ }}</ref>
In September 2019 during the Hong Kong protests he called for people to pray and fast for peace, while speaking up against injustice and corruption, “It's been a tradition for us to fast on Fridays. However, this tradition somehow was abolished. With fasting and prayers, we hope that we can help ourselves to strengthen our mind and soul to fight evil thoughts. Then, we would be in a better position to help fellow Hongkongers.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/42170/hong-kong-auxiliary-bishop-calls-for-friday-fasting-amid-ongoing-protests|title = Hong Kong auxiliary bishop calls for 'Friday fasting' amid ongoing protests}}</ref>
==Coat of arms== The coat of arms of Bishop Ha is unique in two ways: it adopted a simpler design of tassel cord loop, symbolizing simplicity, straightforwardness and sincerity; and it uses a Franciscan cross, instead of the more common Latin Cross, behind the shield.
His episcopal motto is ''Pax et Bonum'', the greeting of St. Francis of Assisi, meaning peace and goodness.<ref name="auto"/>
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