:José Lai

{{Short description|Chinese bishop}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = José Lai Hung-seng

| honorific-suffix =

| title = Bishop Emeritus of Macau

| image = DJoseLaiMacau.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese =

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| metropolis =

| diocese = Macau

| see =

| appointed =

| term_start = 30 June 2003

| ended =16 January 2016

| predecessor = Domingos Lam

| opposed =

| successor =Stephen Lee Bun-sang

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| ordination = 28 October 1972

| ordained_by =

| consecration = 2 June 2001

| consecrated_by = Domingos Lam

| cardinal =

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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Coadjutor Bishop of Macau (2001–2003)}}

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|1|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Portuguese Macau

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| nationality = Chinese (Macanese)

| religion = Roman Catholic

| residence = Macau

| parents = Joseph Paul Lai Sio Kei
Maria Celestina Tchoi Lao Mei

| alma_mater = St. Joseph's Seminary and Church
Diocesan Seminary of Leiria (1967–1971)

| signature =

| coat_of_arms= Coat of arms of José Lai Hung Seng.svg

}}

{{Ordination

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| ordained priest by =

| date of priestly ordination = 28 October 1972

| place of priestly ordination = Portuguese Macau

| consecrated by = Domingos Lam (Macau)

| co-consecrators = Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (Macau em.)
John Tong Hon (Hong Kong aux.)

| date of consecration = 2 June 2001

| place of consecration = Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady, Macau

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{{Infobox bishop styles

| name = José Lai Hung-seng

| dipstyle = His Excellency
The Most Reverend

| offstyle = Your Excellency

| relstyle = Bishop

| image = Coat of arms of José Lai Hung Seng.svg

| image_size = 200px

}}

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José Lai Hung-seng ({{zh|c=黎鴻昇}}; born 14 January 1946, in Macau) is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Macau, the first born in the diocese and the second Chinese bishop,{{cite news|last=Greenlees|first=Donald|title=In Macau, the church is in crisis as it seeks younger members|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/12/25/in_macao_church_in_crisis_as_it_seeks_younger_members/?page=1|accessdate=23 December 2010|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|date=25 December 2007}} the first being Domingos Lam. Lai was appointed on 23 January 2001 Coadjutor and succeeded on 30 June 2003. He was succeeded by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang ({{zh|links=no|c=李斌生}}) on 23 January 2016.

Lai was born in Macau and attended St. Joseph's Seminary and Church before going to Portugal for further studies {{cite web |url=http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ma_macau.php |title=Diocesan Directory | ucanews.com |website=ucanews.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205095624/http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ma_macau.php |archive-date=5 February 2013 |url-status=dead}} at Diocesan Seminary of Leiria from 1967 to 1971 and to Grottaferrata.