Paul Kwong to be honored by Church Divinity School of the Pacific
The Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwong ’82, archbishop and primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui and bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island, will speak at the 122nd commencement of Church Divinity School of the Pacific on May 20 at 10:30 am (PDT) in the chapel of the Pacific School of Religion.
The event is open to the public and will be broadcast live online here.
Kwong, who was elected chair of the Anglican Consultative Council in April, was ordained a priest in 1983 and became bishop in 2007. He was brought up in an Anglican family in Hong Kong, and his great-grandfather was one of the first Chinese Anglican priests in the 19th century. Kwong holds a bachelor degree from Lingnan College, a Master of Divinity from CDSP, and a PhD in theology from the University of Birmingham.
At the ceremony, CDSP will award the Master of Divinity degree to 10 candidates and will also grant the Doctor of Ministry degree, the Certificate of Anglican Studies, and Certificate of Theological Studies, and the Master of Arts degree in cooperation with the Graduate Theological Union.
Kwong and two retired CDSP faculty members, the Rev. Dr. Linda Clader ‘88 and Dr. Donn F. Morgan, a former dean and president, will receive honorary doctorates at the ceremony.
Clader, who was the first ordained woman on the CDSP faculty, holds a Ph.D. in classical philology from Harvard and taught classical languages at Carleton College, from which she holds an A. B., for twenty years. In 1988, she received her Master of Divinity from CDSP, and in 1991, she returned to the seminary as professor of homiletics. She also served as dean of the chapel for several years and as academic dean for a decade. She retired from full-time teaching in 2013, but continues to offer occasional preaching courses.
Morgan taught Old Testament at CDSP from 1972-2013 and served as president and dean from 1995–2010. He also taught biblical studies, Christian education, homiletics and other multidisciplinary courses and topics. He holds an A.B. from Oberlin College, a B.D from Yale Divinity School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School. He is currently editor of “The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible.”
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a seminary of the Episcopal Church and a member of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, educates students in an ecumenical and interreligious context to develop leaders who can proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world through traditional and emerging ministries.
