# Peter Loy Chong

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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type                = Archbishop
|honorific_prefix    = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
|name                = Peter Loy Chong
|title               = [Archbishop of Suva](/source/Archdiocese_of_Suva)
|image               = Peter Loy Chong 2023.jpg
|church              = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
|archdiocese         = Suva
|see                 = Suva
|appointed           = 19 December 2012
|term_start          = 9 June 2013
|predecessor         = [Petero Mataca](/source/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](/source/Natovi), [Tailevu](/source/Tailevu_Province), [Fiji](/source/Fiji)
|alma_mater          = [Graduate Theological Union](/source/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](/source/Namata%2C_Fiji), [Tailevu](/source/Tailevu_Province)) is the third [Archbishop of Suva](/source/Archdiocese_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](/source/Graduate_Theological_Union) in [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_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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Category:Fijian Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Oceania
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Oceania
Category:Pontifical Urban University alumni
Category:Fijian people of Chinese descent
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Suva

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