Titus Chung becomes 10th bishop of Anglican Church in Singapore

Others who were present at the cathedral included Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong and Catholic Archbishop William Goh.The 55-year-old was previously priest-in-charge of St Andrew's Cathedral's Mandarin congregation and takes over as bishop from the Right Reverend Rennis Ponniah, 65, who retired in September.

The Right Reverend John Chew, who was the eighth Anglican bishop of Singapore, then led the consecration proceedings, praying over Bishop Chung with other bishops before passing to him his symbols of office: a Bible to guide him, a ring that signifies faith and a mitre, the bishop's headdress. The bishop then had to knock on the door three times with his staff and wait for permission to be granted by the Church for him to enter, signalling acceptance from the Church.

The newly installed bishop, who holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, was ordained as a priest in 1997 after graduating from Trinity Theological College.

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