‘A people’s priest’: Singapore Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia dies at 86


Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia was the first Singapore-born clergyman to be appointed to the position. - ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SINGAPORE/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia, the first Singapore-born clergyman to be appointed as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, has died at the age of 86.

Announcing the death on Facebook late on Tuesday (Dec 17), Cardinal William Goh said Archbishop Emeritus Chia “passed away peacefully this evening at St Theresa’s Home”.

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