title: José Song Sui-Wan
text: # José Song Sui-Wan
  
  José Song Sui-Wan (traditional Chinese: 宋瑞雲; simplified Chinese: 宋瑞云; pinyin: Sòng Ruìyún; Jyutping: sung3 seoi6 wan4), SDB (May 16, 1941 – November 15, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil.
  
  Born in Shanghai, China and moved to Brazil as an adolescent after spending time in Hong Kong (1949-1959).
  
  Song was ordained to the priesthood as salesian in 1971 and was named bishop in 2002; he resigned in 2009. and died in 2012.
  
  ## Motto
  
  VIDIMUS STELLAM EIUS IN ORIENTE (We saw His star in Orient)
  
  