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| type = Priest
| honorific-prefix = [[The Very Reverend]]
| name = Dominic Chan Chi-ming
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| title = Vicar General Emeritus of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|Diocese of Hong Kong]]
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| see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| appointed = 8 December 1992<ref name=1990s>{{cite web|title=Leading Events in 1990s|url=https://archives.catholic.org.hk/Leading%20Events/E-1990s.htm|access-date=19 February 2019|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219104134/https://archives.catholic.org.hk/Leading%20Events/E-1990s.htm|archive-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
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| ended = 3 January 2019
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| other_post = Parish priest of the [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]] (2000–present)
| ordination = 1979
| ordained_by = [[John Baptist Wu]]
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}
| birth_place = [[Yim Tin Tsai (Sai Kung)|Yim Tin Tsai]], [[Sai Kung District|Sai Kung]], [[British Hong Kong]]
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| nationality = [[China|Chinese]]
| religion = Roman Catholic
| residence = Hong Kong
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| alma_mater = [[Holy Spirit Seminary]]<br>[[Pontifical Urbaniana University]]<br>[[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas]]
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| ordained priest by = [[John Baptist Wu]] ([[List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
| date of priestly ordination = 1979
| place of priestly ordination = [[Hong Kong]]
| sources = <ref name="Four VGs">{{cite news|title=Four vicars general now on job|url=http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/node/4763|access-date=19 February 2019|newspaper=Sunday Examiner|location=Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219103520/http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/node/4763|archive-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
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[[File:Chanchiming formerhouse.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Chan's former house in Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung]]

'''Dominic Chan Chi-ming''' ({{lang|zh|陳志明}}; born 1952) is the former [[vicar general]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong]].  He also serves as parish priest of the city's [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]].

==Early life==
Chan was born in [[Yim Tin Tsai (Sai Kung)|Yim Tin Tsai]], [[Sai Kung District]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]] in 1952. Chan is of Hakka ancestry. He was ordained [[priest]] by Cardinal [[John Baptist Wu]] in 1979.

Chan later led funds to restore a chapel on Yim Tin Tsai Island in compliance with a [[UNESCO]] restoration project in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abandoned Hong Kong island gets new life as heritage site and ecotourism destination |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1908076/abandoned-island-sai-kung-comes-back-life-heritage-site-and |website=South China Morning Post |date=February 2016 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

==Vicar General==
Chan served as [[vicar general]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|Diocese of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Disgraced Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang's brief return to public life ends with failed court appeal |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2156086/disgraced-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsangs |website=Scmp |date=20 July 2018 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> from December 1992 until January 2019.<ref name=1990s/>  He was chosen together with [[John Tong Hon]], and served with him until the latter's appointment as [[coadjutor bishop]] of Hong Kong in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=TONG HON Card. John|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tong-hon_j.html|access-date=20 January 2020|work=Holy See Press Office|publisher=Holy See|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112025620/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tong-hon_j.html|archive-date=12 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Pope appoints Bishop John Tong Hon as Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong|url=http://www.hkdavc.com/coadbishop_eng.html|access-date=20 January 2020|work=Hong Kong Catholic Social Communications Office|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402144745/http://www.hkdavc.com/coadbishop_eng.html|archive-date=2 April 2016}}</ref>  Chan has also served as vicar general alongside [[Michael Yeung]] (from 2009 until 2016, when Yeung was appointed coadjutor bishop),<ref>{{cite news|title=Pope names new bishop of Hong Kong|url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/08/02/pope-names-new-bishop-of-hong-kong|date=2 August 2017|access-date=20 January 2020|newspaper=Catholic Herald|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120212750/https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/08/02/pope-names-new-bishop-of-hong-kong/|archive-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> [[Pierre Lam]] (2009–2014),<ref>{{cite news|title=Church movements confront various forms of service for ecclesial communion and call for collaborators in parishes and Diocese|url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/24422-ASIA_HONG_KONG_Church_movements_confront_various_forms_of_service_for_ecclesial_communion_and_call_for_collaborators_in_parishes_and_Diocese|first=Gianni|last=Criveller|date=8 June 2009|access-date=23 January 2020|agency=Agenzia Fides|publisher=Society for the Propagation of the Faith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123102915/http://www.fides.org/en/news/24422-ASIA_HONG_KONG_Church_movements_confront_various_forms_of_service_for_ecclesial_communion_and_call_for_collaborators_in_parishes_and_Diocese|archive-date=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mass Booklet for the Episcopal Ordination of Michael Yeung, Stephen Lee, and Joseph Ha as Auxiliary Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|url=https://musicasacra.org.hk/activities/AuxiliusBishopsMMXIVaugPDF/AuxiliusBishopsBooklet.pdf|access-date=23 January 2020|page=14|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123105909/https://musicasacra.org.hk/activities/AuxiliusBishopsMMXIVaugPDF/AuxiliusBishopsBooklet.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> [[Joseph Ha]] (2014–2019), [[Peter Choy]], and [[Benedict Lam]] (both 2017–2019).<ref name="Four VGs"/>  The office of vicar general became vacant upon the death of Michael Yeung on 3 January 2019.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Fanning|first=William|year=1912|title=Vicar-General|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia|volume=15|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|location=New York|access-date=19 February 2020|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15402a.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Authority and Responsibilities of an Apostolic Administrator in a diocese in a time of "sede vacante" ("the seat being vacant")|url=https://www.buffalodiocese.org/documents/Communique/ApostolicAdministratorSedeVacante1219[2].pdf|date=4 December 2019|access-date=5 April 2020|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406001702/https://www.buffalodiocese.org/documents/Communique/ApostolicAdministratorSedeVacante1219%5B2%5D.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2020|quote=[O]ffices that exercise general or specific authority granted directly by the diocesan bishop cease since their authority derives from the diocesan bishop, such as the Vicars General …}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Duluth's Bishop Paul Sirba dies unexpectedly at 59|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/42972/duluths-bishop-paul-sirba-dies-unexpectedly-at-59|date=1 December 2019|access-date=19 February 2020|first=Christine|last=Rousselle|agency=Catholic News Agency|publisher=EWTN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222110041/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/duluths-bishop-paul-sirba-dies-unexpectedly-at-59-15815|archive-date=December 22, 2019|url-status=live|quote=The office of the vicar general ceases upon the death of the diocesan bishop.}}</ref>

In this office, Chan serves as Chairperson of the Diocesan Pastoral Commission for Marriage and the Family, the Diocesan Commission for Laity Formation, the Committee for Promoting the Cardinal's Pastoral Exhortation, the Diocesan Board of Catholic Cemeteries and the Diocesan Committee for the Permanent Diaconate. He is also an Ex-officio Member of the Council of Priests, the Diocesan Personnel Commission, the Hong Kong Catholic Board of Education, the Hong Kong Catholic Education Development Committee, the Central Management Committee for Diocesan Schools and the Diocesan Building and Development Commission. While Chan has been the Vicar General, Hong Kong has recruited more married men to become deacons (Hong Kong was the first Catholic diocese in Asia to ordain married men as deacons).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Catholic Church aims to recruit more married men to serve as deacons |url=https://www.christiantimes.com/article/hong-kong-catholic-church-aims-to-recruit-more-married-men-to-serve-as-deacons/73357.htm |website=Christian Times |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Catholic Church in Hong Kong to recruit more married men to serve needy, top leader says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2123661/catholic-church-hong-kong-recruit-more-married-men-serve |website=South China Morning Post |date=10 December 2017 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> Chan visited former Hong Kong leader [[Donald Tsang]] while Tsang's trials were ongoing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faith, family and friends brought Donald Tsang comfort through his many trials |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2118329/faith-family-and-friends-brought-donald-tsang-comfort |website=South China Morning Post |date=3 November 2017 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, Chan presided over the ceremonies in which the Our Lady of Fatima Statue passed through the territory on its first stop en route to Portugal to celebrate the centennial of the Marian apparition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Catholics welcome Our Lady of Fatima statue |url=http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/hong-kong-catholics-welcome-our-lady-of-fatima-statue/34307/2 |website=Herald Malaysia |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

==Parish priest==
Chan has been the Parish Priest of the Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of the [[Immaculate Conception]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Catholic priest allowed anti-gay speech to be delivered to congregation |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1620173/hong-kong-catholic-priest-allowed-anti-gay-speech-be-delivered |website=South China Morning Post |date=20 October 2014 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> since 2000.

==View on the elevation of Bishop Zen==
On 13 February 2006, Chan expressed his view on the then possibility of the elevation of [[Joseph Zen]], the Bishop of Hong Kong, to [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]. He said although he was still waiting for a formal announcement, he expected Zen to be elevated to cardinal in the next [[papal consistory|consistory]]. He believed that his elevation will show how important the [[Holy See]] values the church in China, and that it would be an honour to have a cardinal once again to head the diocese. Zen eventually became a Cardinal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Card. Zen ends hunger strike for freedom of Hong Kong Catholic schools". |url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Card.-Zen-ends-hunger-strike-for-freedom-of-Hong-Kong-Catholic-schools-22985.html |website=Asia News |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://cathedral.catholic.org.hk/ Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]

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[[Category:Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni]]
[[Category:Pontifical Urban University alumni]]