# Peter Lei

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

## Biography

Born in [Nam Hoi](/source/Nam_Hoi), [Canton](/source/Guangdong), Lei was ordained priest on 6 July 1955 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong 3 July 1971, appointed Titular Bishop of [Octaba](/source/Octaba) 8 September 1971.

He was sworn in as the [Vicar Capitular](/source/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](/source/Myocardial_infarction).

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

- [Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong](/source/Catholic_Diocese_of_Hong_Kong)

## External links

- [His Biography by the Catholic Church](https://web.archive.org/web/20050529022838/http://archives.catholic.org.hk/administrators/lei.htm)

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