Thomas Soo

The Right Reverend
Soo Yee-po Thomas
Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Western Kowloon
Province Hong Kong Anglican Church
Diocese Western Kowloon
Installed 18 October 1998
Term ended 31 December 2011
Predecessor Andrew Chan
Orders
Ordination 1979
Consecration 1995
Personal details
Birth name Soo Yee-Po
Born 1941
Hong Kong

Thomas Soo Yee-po, JP (Chinese: 蘇以葆) was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Western Kowloon in the Hong Kong Anglican Church and is succeeded by Andrew Chan in 2012. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Council until 2010.

In 2007, he led a nine-person delegation from Hong Kong to visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople to discuss unity between churches.[1]

In 2009, Soo gave a speech regarding religion harmony and peace in mainland China.[2]

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Anglican Communion titles
New diocese Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Western Kowloon
1998 2011
Succeeded by
Andrew Chan
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