Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean was a Singaporean Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Singapore from 1977 to 2000.
12 Facts About Gregory Yong
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Gregory Yong was an exceptional boy, and liked to role-play as a priest and pretend to say mass in his games.
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In January 1941, Gregory Yong entered the Minor seminary and in 1944 graduated to the Major Seminary.
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Gregory Yong was officially ordained in 1951 and posted to the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Singapore.
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In 1953, Gregory Yong left for studies in Rome where he was conferred a Doctorate in Canon Law, the very first local priest to achieve the distinction.
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On 1 July 1968, Gregory Yong was consecrated Bishop, and took over the Diocese Of Penang from Bishop Francis Chan who had died on 27 October 1967.
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On 3 February 1977, Gregory Yong was appointed to succeed Archbishop Michel Olcomendy as the first of the local clergy to lead the Church in Singapore.
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Gregory Yong was the second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Singapore.
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Gregory Yong retired on 14 October 2000 as he reached the mandatory retirement age for archbishop.
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In 2004, Gregory Yong became critically ill and had a heart attack in June.
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Gregory Yong was then admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital for diabetes and pneumonia.
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Gregory Yong died on 28 June 2008 at St Joseph's Home, Singapore of a heart failure.