As early as 1970’s, the religious community in Mui Wo rented a small village house in 51 Chung Hau Street as the chapel. A priest who resided in Tai O Church came every week for the Sunday mass in Mui Wo. In 1971 a new chapel was constructed in Tung Chung. The Chapel was named as the “Visitation Chapel”, Tung Chung in 2001.
The chapel in Mui Wo was once named “Jesus, the Holy Child Chapel”. Although its origin could not be traced, people remembered that there was once a nicely carved baby Jesus statue placed in the church, which was a gift by another chapel during a renovation. Bishop John Wu re-named the Chapel as “Epiphany Chapel” in 1987. PIME Fathers and the Fathers of the Missionary Oblates of the Mary Immaculate (OMI) were entrusted with the pastoral care of the whole island of Lantau.
In 2006 the management of the parish was transferred to the Missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) who continued to serve the parish till October 2015. In 2015, the Diocese of Hong Kong bifurcated the parish into North and South of Lantau, creating two parishes namely the Visitation Parish, Tung Chung in the North of Lantau and the Epiphany Parish, Mui Wo in the south. The SVD fathers continue to serve the region in the Visitation Parish and the Epiphany Parish, Mui Wo is served by Claretian Missionaries from 1 November 2015.
On 1 November 2015, the Claretian Missionaries began a new mission in Hong Kong, probably 487th House of the Congregation which serves in 63 countries around the world. The new parish is in the farthest periphery of Hong Kong, a tiny Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China(PRC).