Peter Loy Chong

{{Infobox Christian leader |type = Archbishop |honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend |name = Peter Loy Chong |title = Archbishop of Suva |image = Peter Loy Chong 2023.jpg |church = Catholic Church |archdiocese = Suva |see = Suva |appointed = 19 December 2012 |term_start = 9 June 2013 |predecessor = Petero Mataca |other_post = President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (2018-) |ordination = 11 January 1992 |ordained_by = Petero Mataca |consecration = 8 June 2013 |consecrated_by = Petero Mataca |birth_name = Peter Loy Chong |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|01|30}} |birth_place = Natovi, Tailevu, Fiji |alma_mater = Graduate Theological Union |motto = ''To be Church in the world'' |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Peter Loy Chong.svg }}

'''Peter Loy Chong''' (born 30 January 1961 in Namata, Fiji, Tailevu) is the third Archbishop of Suva in Fiji (having been consecrated bishop on 8 June 2013).<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchong.html Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, Catholic Hierarchy] (Retrieved 5 March 2014)</ref><ref name="z368">{{cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Pete |date=2024-09-06 |title=Are Pacific Islands a ‘Dumping Ground’ for Accused Priests? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/world/asia/pacific-islands-catholic-priests-abuse.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> He worked on his doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, United States.<ref>{{cite news | last = Clark | first = Monica | title = New Oakland bishop inherits huge debt, frustrated clergy | newspaper = National Catholic Reporter | location = Kansas City | date = 22 May 2013 | url =https://www.ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/new-oakland-bishop-inherits-huge-debt-frustrated-clergy | access-date = 12 November 2016 }}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title=Archbishop of Suva| before=Petero Mataca| after=Incumbent| years=8 June 2013 – present}} {{s-end}}

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