John Tong Hon

Catholic cardinal

Person human Q438243

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: July 31, 1939
Place of birth: British Hong Kong
Country of citizenship: People's Republic of China^[5]
Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held: cardinal, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop, apostolic administrator, coadjutor bishop^[6]
Educated at: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pontifical Urbaniana University^[7]^[8]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[9]
Consecrator: John Wu, Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, Charles Asa Schleck^[14]^[15]^[16]
Family name: Tong^[11]
Given name: John^[12]
P14931: tong-hon_j^[18]
Participant in: 2013 conclave^[13]
Permanent resident of: Hong Kong^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

en Cardinal John Tong Hon en John Tong Hon de John Kardinal Tong Hon ja 湯漢 ko 통혼 ru Иоанн Тонг Хон ru Тонг Хон, Иоанн vi Gioan Thang Hán zh-hans 汤汉

🔖 Identifiers · 20

ISNI: 0000000078214130
VIAF cluster ID: 98737671
Library of Congress authority ID: nb2009024736
GND ID: 1036153312
Image (Wikimedia Commons): John Tong Hon (cropped).jpg ↗
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): TongJohn1939-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 145015397
Catholic Hierarchy person ID: tonghon
FactGrid item ID: Valérie Loker
Freebase ID: /m/03mcss5
GCatholic person ID: 1790
IxTheo authority ID: 750424079

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National Library of Korea ID: KAC200710017
Parsifal cluster ID: 375622
SBN author ID: LIGV060194
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID: 2012:Tong
The College of Cardinals Report ID: john-tong-hon
Topic's main category: Category:John Tong Hon
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJd3PQRMyJbMCYdkQHbDbd
Yale LUX ID: person/7e759aa4-b2b0-42f5-8809-c4c27d13012b

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🔗 Connections

← Consecrator 5

Stephen Chow, José Lai, Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, Joseph Ha, Stephen Lee

Position held 4

cardinal, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop, apostolic administrator

Consecrator 3

Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, John Wu, Charles Asa Schleck

Educated at 2

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pontifical Urbaniana University

Occupation 2

Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Country of citizenship 1

People's Republic of China

FactGrid item ID 1

Valérie Loker

Given name 1

John

Instance of 1

human

Participant in 1

2013 conclave

Participated in 1

2013 conclave

Permanent resident of 1

Hong Kong

Place of birth 1

British Hong Kong

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

John Tong Hon's place of birth was British Hong Kong^[1]. He was born on July 31, 1939^[2]. He worked as a Catholic priest^[3] and Catholic bishop^[4].

Body

Education

Educated at The Chinese University of Hong Kong^[7], a public research university^[19], in People's Republic of China^[20], founded in 1963^[21] and Pontifical Urbaniana University^[8], a pontifical university^[22], in Italy^[23], founded in 1627^[24].

FAQs

Where was John Tong Hon born?

John Tong Hon was born in British Hong Kong^[1].

What did John Tong Hon do for work?

John Tong Hon worked as Catholic priest^[3] and Catholic bishop^[4].

Where did John Tong Hon go to school?

John Tong Hon was educated at The Chinese University of Hong Kong^[7] and Pontifical Urbaniana University^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ John Tong Hon — place of birth (P19): British Hong Kong. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John Tong Hon — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John Tong Hon — country of citizenship (P27): People's Republic of China. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John Tong Hon — position held (P39): cardinal. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-02-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John Tong Hon — educated at (P69): The Chinese University of Hong Kong. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John Tong Hon — educated at (P69): Pontifical Urbaniana University. Retrieved 2019-07-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John Tong Hon — occupation (P106): Catholic priest. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John Tong Hon — occupation (P106): Catholic bishop. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-02-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John Tong Hon — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ John Tong Hon — date of birth (P569): July 31, 1939. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John Tong Hon — family name (P734): Tong. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John Tong Hon — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John Tong Hon — participant in (P1344): 2013 conclave. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John Tong Hon — consecrator (P1598): John Wu. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John Tong Hon — consecrator (P1598): Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John Tong Hon — consecrator (P1598): Charles Asa Schleck. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John Tong Hon — permanent resident of (P5389): Hong Kong. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John Tong Hon — P14931 (P14931): tong-hon_j. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Tymewalk · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Educated at → The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pontifical Urbaniana University

Family name → Tong

Place of birth → British Hong Kong

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