Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean D.D. D.C.L is the Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore. Born in Taiping, Malaya on May 20, 1925, he was educated at Saint George's Institute and St. Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Malaya. In January 1941, he entered the Minor Seminary and in 1944 graduated to the Major Seminary. He was ordained in 1951 and posted to the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Singapore. (Taken from Wikipedia)
My mom was sharing with me, just about a month before his passing, she together with her friends from SSVP went visiting to St Joseph Home. He was happy and chatting with everyone. He requested to have a group photo taken, saying that it might be his last group photo. I guess he knew. In the newspaper, he mentioned that he ask people to stop praying for him as he wanted to Go Home. Of cos, there will be a special place reserved for him.
The photo above was taken in 1997, abt 11 yrs ago, when I was still thin... I was the MC for that mass, 1 year before I was became Bishop's Assistant for St Berns. Sad thing is that this is the only photo I have with him. Our prayers are with you.
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