Roland Koh

Tan Sri Roland Koh Peck Chiang (c. 1909 – 6 October 1972) was a Malaysian clergyman in the Anglican Church.[2] He was the second Bishop of Sabah from 1965 until 1970,[3] and then the first Bishop of West Malaysia from 1970 until his death.[4]

Roland Koh
Born1908 or 1909
Sandakan, British North Borneo
Died (aged 63)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityMalaysian
OccupationClergyman in the Anglican Church
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese許碧章
Simplified Chinese许碧章[1]
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Bìzhāng
Hokkien POJKhó͘ Phek-chiang

Koh was the son of Koh Kim Hin and Anne Tan-Koh.[5] He was born into a Buddhist family in Sandakan in what was then British North Borneo (now the Malaysian state of Sabah).[4][2] He became a Christian as a student.[4]

Koh trained for ordination at the Union Theological College, Canton (now Guangzhou) and was ordained in 1941.[6] He remained at the college as a lecturer, before taking a brief incumbency for a year in Kwangtung (now Guangdong).[6] He was Vicar of St Mary's, Hong Kong from 1947 to 1954, and then Priest-in-Charge of St Mary's Chinese Church, Kuala Lumpur, from 1954 until he was raised to the episcopacy in 1958.[6]

His first episcopal appointment was as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Singapore.[6] He was appointed as Bishop of Sabah in 1965, and translated to the newly created Diocese of West Malaysia in 1970.[4]

He was President of the Council of Churches of Malaysia in 1962 and again in 1968 and 1969.[7]

He died in 1972, of a stroke, while visiting the United States.[4]

References
  1. "全力以赴•持续收割 （待续）" (PDF). Anglican Messenger. Vol. 1. Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia. December 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Anglican Bishop Roland Koh dies in the US". The Straits Times. 10 October 1972. p. 15 – via National Library of Singapore. The Anglican Bishop of West Malaysia, Tan Sri Roland Koh Peck Chiang, died on Saturday in Philadelphia. He was 63.
  3. "Anglican Diocese of Sabah: Our Bishops". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. "Bishop Roland Koh". Church Times. 20 October 1972. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. The Straits Times, 25 August 1966, Page 10
  6. "Chinese Assistant Bishop for Singapore". Church Times. 21 March 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. "Council of Churches of Malaysia: History". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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