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Diocese of Kuching
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The Archdiocese of Kuching is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see covering western Sarawak in East Malaysia. Founded as an apostolic prefecture in 1927 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1976, it has Miri and Sibu as suffragan dioceses.
- Archbishop
- Simon Poh Hoon Seng
- Latin name
- Kuchingen(sis)
- Erected
- 31 May 1976 (origins 1927)
- Cathedral
- St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Kuching
- Catholics
- 240,575
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s Office, 1 Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93300 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Telephone
- Tel. [082]242-634; fax 246-940
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Sanggau ID 162 km
- Diocese of Sibu 184 km
- Diocese of Pontianak ID 208 km
- Diocese of Sintang ID 208 km
- Diocese of Ketapang ID 360 km
- Diocese of Miri 509 km
Parishes near the see
- Blessed Sacrament · Kuching 1 km
- Carmelite · Kuching 1 km
- Holy Trinity · Kuching 1 km
- St. Peter · Kuching 1 km
- St Peter · Kuching 1 km
- St Peter · Padungan 1 km
Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001914 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08