Former Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong dies of heart
failure at age 83
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia |
Posted: 29 June 2008 2037 hrs
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Former Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong
SINGAPORE: The body of former Catholic Archbishop Gregory
Yong will be placed at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd at Queen
Street on Monday.
The 83-year-old died of heart failure on Saturday afternoon at the
St Joseph's Home in Jurong, where he had lived for the past four
years.
The former Archbishop was born in Penang, and had served in
Malaysia before his appointment in Singapore in 1977.
He suffered a heart attack in June 2000 and underwent bypass
surgery. He later retired in October of that year.
The funeral mass will be held on Wednesday followed by the
cremation at Mandai Crematorium. - CNA/vm
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