Dominic Su Haw Chiu

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Dominic Su Haw Chiu (born 29 May 1939 in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) is a Malaysian Catholic church leader. He was the first bishop of the Diocese of Sibu, serving from 1987 to 2011. He studied at St Francis Xavier's Minor Seminary in Singapore (1961–1963) and at College General in Penang (1964–1969). He then studied Canon Law at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome (1979–1981). He was ordained a priest on 4 December 1969 by Bishop Charles Reiterer, after having been ordained a deacon on 28 April 1969. He was consecrated as bishop on 6 January 1987 by Pope John Paul II at St Peter's Basilica, and installed as Bishop of Sibu on 11 February 1987 by Archbishop Renato Martino. In 2009 he celebrated 40 years of priestly ordination and his 70th birthday. He resigned on 24 December 2011 and was succeeded by Joseph Hii Teck Kwong. He served as president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Health Care. His motto is "Laudetur dominus" (Praise be to the Lord).