Former Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong dies of heart failur

• Honeybunz

  29 Jun 08, 22:07

   

  Former Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong dies of heart failure at age 83
  By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 June 2008 2037 hrs

  	Photos 1 of 1 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
  

  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/357129/1/.html

• Honeybunz

  29 Jun 08, 23:21

  oops

   

  I didn't realise there was a similar thread at http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1683/topics/322459.  I shall close this then.

   

  paiseh.