St. Vincent's Church, Hang Hau, H.K.

1. Priests that were in charge
of St Vincent’s Church
April to October 1976
There was no resident priest -
during weekends the church is
served by Fr Joseph Nijessen
CICM
Fr Pierre Devos CICM, October 1
Fr Willy Wammes CICM
Fr Octaaf De Vreeze CICM
1961-73
1973-76
1976
Fr Willy Hertecant CICM1976
Fr Leo Blanchard CICM1978-80
Fr Willy Hertecant CICM1980
Fr Giorgio Pasini PIME2008
Rev. Benedict Lam2015
St. Vincent’s Church
Our Bishop
Michael Yeung Ming-Cheung
1950
1961
• Tseung Kwan O area was administered with
two independent parishes: Tiu Keng Leng and
Hang Hau
• Fr. Willy Wammes was appointed to take
care of the Hang Hau area. St. Vincent’s Parish
covered Hang Hau village and all the small
villages around Clear Water Bay stretching
from Fei Ngo Shan to Tai O Mun
1954 - Some CICM Missionaries settled in
Rennie’s Mill
1955 - Fr. A. Palmers, started a small primary
school and began to serve the residents of
Hang Hau, which at that time was a small
fishing village
1958 - Apostolic work around Tseung Kwan O
was assigned to CICM
1960
Founded
in 1958
1980
1990
2000
2010
2017 September 24, 2017
400 years of the Vincentian Charism
celebration with Cardinal John Tong
September 24, 2017
400 years of the Vincentian Charism
celebration with Cardinal John Tong
1970 - Building of St. Vincent’s Parish was
officially completed. Thanksgiving and Sunday
Masses were held in newly built church
1989 - Diocese re-assigns area around Fu
Ning Garden, Hang Hau new estate and Clear
Water Bay to St. Vincent’s Parish
2000 - CICM hands over the administration
of St. Vincent’s Parish back to the Hong Kong
Diocese
2004 - Chinese name of St. Vincent’s Church
was renamed as “聖雲先堂”
parish called St Andrew’s Parish
2008 - On 1.1.2008, St Vincent’s and St
Andrew’s were combined to form one parish
called St Andrew’s Parish
1970
57
101
114
1957 1958 1959
Number of Catholics
in Tseung Kwan O
area increased