James Wong (bishop)

James Richard Wong Yin Song is a Mauritian-Seychellois Anglican bishop. He was the fourth bishop of The Seychelles from 2009 to 2025 the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean from 2017 to 2024.

Ecclesiastical career

Wong was ordained an Anglican priest in 1983. He was afterwards the archdeacon of Mauritius and the rector of St Thomas' Beau Bassin. He was elected the fourth bishop of the Diocese of the Seychelles in 2009. Wong was granted Seychelles citizenship on 11 May 2017. He was elected archbishop of the Province of the Indian Ocean, at the provincial synod, held at St. Andrew's Church, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, on 26 August 2017, assuming office the following day.
Wong is a supporter of the Anglican realignment. He attended GAFCON III, in Jerusalem, on 17–22 June 2018.
Wong retired as archbishop in December 2024 and was succeeded by Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo. In April 2025, having reached the retirement age of 65, he stepped down as diocesan bishop.