Fr. Richard Ho Lung

Father Richard Ho Lung was born in Richmond, Jamaica, West Indies on September 17th, 1939 to Chinese immigrants, where through his work as a missionary, he later became known as the Reggae Priest and Renegade Priest. He wrote Reggae songs and recorded them with Jamaicans in a group called Father Richard Ho Lung & Friends. Father Ho-Lung also developed something called the “Caribbean Mass” with his cultural music to raise money for his order, the Missionaries of the Poor. He was also known as the "Dancing Priest" and the "Fiery Priest" but preferred to be called the "Ghetto Priest"