John Chew

John Chew Hiang Chea (; born 4 October 1947) was the third Metropolitan Archbishop and Primate of the Province of Anglican Church in South East Asia as well as Bishop of Singapore. He retired as the 8th Bishop of Singapore on 4 October 2012. He was succeeded by Rennis Ponniah.

Early life and education Chew was the fifth child out of six children in his family. His mother worked at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association and his father worked in the family business. and received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1969, honours in 1970 His consecration service was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tony Tan, dignitaries, bishops from the various dioceses and religious leaders from both fellow Christian denominations and non-Christian religions as well.

On 5 February 2006, Chew was installed as the 3rd Archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia as Datuk Yong Ping Chung, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sabah has reached retirement age. Representatives of Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (including Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield); Nicholas Chia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore; Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore; and Ong Chit Chung, Member of Parliament of Jurong GRC were present at the occasion.

As Bishop of Singapore, Chew was against the setting up of casinos in Integrated resorts in Singapore. Lapok succeeded Chew as the fourth Provincial Archbishop at an Installation Service held in St Thomas’ Cathedral, Kuching.

Chew continued to serve in the Diocese of Singapore as her Diocesan Bishop after that. On 9 September, Chew launched the special bilingual edition of the English Standard Version- Revised Chinese Union Version Pew Bible to be used during Worship Services in St Andrew's Cathedral to mark her 150th Consecration Anniversary of the Nave.

On 28 September, a Thanksgiving Service was held in St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore in honour of his faithful service to the Diocese of Singapore for the past 12 years. Bishops from the region, Church leaders in Singapore and many Anglican Church members attended the Service. Chew retired as the 8th Bishop of Singapore on 4 October 2012.

Presently serving as (Since 2000) President, Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Singapore (Since 2000) President, National Council of Churches of Singapore (Since 2005) Honorary President, Bible Society of Singapore (Since 2003) Honorary Secretary/ Chairman, Anglican Global South Primates' Network (2007 - 2011) Chairman, Council of Church of East Asia (2007 - 2009) Member, Anglican Covenant Design Group (2000 - 2012) Chairman, Board of Governors, Trinity Theological College, Singapore

Personal life Chew married Swee Kin, a teacher in 1972, and they have a son.