Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpuren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and surrounding states in Peninsular Malaysia. Erected as a diocese in 1955 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1972, it has Penang and Melaka-Johor as suffragans.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1972
- Latin
- Kuala Lumpuren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001001913
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 264,840
- Population
- 12,390,830
- Catholic share
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 4,342
- Extent
- 63,763 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.2
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
- Archbishop
- Julian Leow Beng Kim
- Born
- 3 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Seremban
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (St. John's Cathedral), Kuala Lumpur stands in Kuala Lumpur, 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.
The province of Kuala Lumpur
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Melaka–JohorMelaka–Johor
- Diocese of PenangPenang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur on 25 February 1955; on 18 December 1972 it was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese, receiving Malacca-Johor and Penang as suffragan sees. Today the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis; Malay: Keuskupan Agung Kuala Lumpur; Tamil: கோலாலம்பூர் மறைமாவட்டம்; Mandarin: 吉隆坡总教区) stands among the principal territories of the Catholic Church in Malaysia.
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].