The Very Revd Matthias Der elected Bishop Co-adjutor of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island

Publish Date: 03-Dec-2019

The Eleventh Diocesan Synod of Hong Kong Island held the Extraordinary Meeting for the Election of Bishop Co-adjutor on 21 November 2019 at St Stephen’s Church. After two rounds of ballots, the Very Revd Matthias Der, who obtained two-thirds majority votes at both the House of Clergy and the House of Laity, was elected the Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island. All members of the electoral college signed a testimonial to confirm the results of the election at the meeting. Archbishop Paul Kwong presented the testimonial to Dean Der.