Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei
Bruneien(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Brunei
Latin rite apostolic vicariate covering Brunei Darussalam, elevated to a vicariate in 2004, with its seat in Bandar Seri Begawan. Its first vicar apostolic, Cardinal Cornelius Sim, died on 29 May 2021 and the see has remained vacant since.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 October 2004
- Latin
- Bruneien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000393
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,000
- Population
- 398,000
- Catholic share
- 5.3%
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 7,000
- Extent
- 5,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Brunei, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Brunei's territory is covered by the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Bruneiensis), a Latin Catholic jurisdiction led by an apostolic vicar. Cornelius Sim, the first to hold that office, was created a cardinal in 2020 and died in May 2021.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].