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Suffragan diocese Melaka–Johor, Malaysia

Diocese of Melaka–Johor

Melakan(us)-Giohoran(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Melaka-Johor is a Latin Catholic suffragan see of Kuala Lumpur covering the states of Malacca and Johor in southern Peninsular Malaysia. It was erected in 1972 and renamed from Malacca-Johor to Melaka-Johor in 1985.

On the map

Esri
Melaka–Johor, Malaysia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1972
Catholics
42,134
Priests
33
Territory
20,364 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Anthony Bernard Paul

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Johor Bahru stands in Melaka–Johor, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is St. Peter's Church, Melaka.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Administering the states of Malacca and Johor in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia, the Diocese of Malacca Johore (Latin: Dioecesis Melakana-Giohorana; Malay: Keuskupan Melaka-Johor; Mandarin: 马六甲-柔佛教区; Tamil: மலாக்கா-ஜோகூர் மறைமாவட்டம்) belongs to the Latin Church within the ecclesiastical province of Kuala Lumpur. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Johor Bahru, Johor(e), while a former cathedral survives in Melaka as the Church of St. Peter.