John Leong
Anglican bishop in Malaysia
About John Leong
Lived 1925 – 2013 (aged 87–88).
The Rt Rev Dato' Sri John Leong Chee Yun PNBS (known in English as John Leong) (23 May 1925 – 18 October 2013) was a Malaysian clergyman in the Anglican Church. He was the third Bishop of Kuching from 1985 until his retirement in 1995.
Early life Leong was born in 1925 in Kuching, the son of a tailor.
He was awarded the Bentara Bintang Sarawak in 1969, the Ahli Bintang Sarawak in 1981 and later the Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak in 1987, all of which are honours in the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak.
Personal life From 1953 to 1961, he was the British Borneo table tennis champion representing the Crown Colony of Sarawak. Leong died in 2013, aged 88. His funeral was held at St Thomas's Cathedral, Kuching.
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John Leong was born in 1925.
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