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Metropolitan see Kuching, Malaysia

Archdiocese of Kuching

Kuchingen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching, in Kuching, Malaysia.

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Established
1927
Catholics
240,575
Priests
41
Territory
19,173 km²

Parishes and churches

14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Simon Poh Hoon Seng
Born
15 April 1963
Birthplace
Sri Aman

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The cathedral

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching stands in Kuching, 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

Covering the western reach of Sarawak, from Lundu up to Saratok, the Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis; Malay: Keuskupan Agung Kuching; Mandarin: 古晋总教区) is a metropolitan Latin archbishopric of the Catholic Church seated at Kuching, Malaysia. It nonetheless remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and its archiepiscopal cathedral see is in St.