Peter Lei
Honorific-prefixHis Excellency, The Most Reverend
TitleBishop of Hong Kong
DioceseHong Kong
Enthroned22 April 1974
Ended23 July 1974
PredecessorFrancis Hsu
SuccessorJohn Baptist Wu
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  • Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong (1971–1973)
  • Titular Bishop of Octaba (1971–1973)
Ordination6 July 1952
Ordained byAntonio Riberi
Consecration8 September 1971
Consecrated byFrancis Hsu
Birth date29 March 1922
Birth placeCanton,[clarification needed] Republic of China
Death date23 July 1974 (aged 52)
Death placeSt Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, British Hong Kong
BuriedCrypt at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
NationalityCitizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
ReligionCatholic
ResidenceHong Kong
Alma materRegional Seminary of South China
Peter Lei
DipstyleHis Excellency
The Most Reverend
OffstyleYour Excellency
RelstyleBishop

Bishop Peter Lei Wang-Kei (李宏基主教; 29 March 1922 – 23 July 1974) was the fourth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong.

Biography

Born in Nam Hoi, Canton, Lei was ordained priest on 6 July 1955 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong 3 July 1971, appointed Titular Bishop of Octaba 8 September 1971.

He was sworn in as the Vicar Capitular on 23 May 1973. Appointed Bishop of Hong Kong on 21 December 1973 and installed on 22 April 1974, he died not long afterwards on 23 July 1974 of sudden heart attack.

His remains were buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Happy Valley, and later exhumed and re-buried in the Crypt at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

See also