Diocese of Kuala Lumpur

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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.

Archbishop
Julian Leow Beng Kim
Latin name
Kuala Lumpuren(sis)
Erected
18 December 1972 (origins 1955)
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (St. John's Cathedral), Kuala Lumpur
Patron
Saint John the Evangelist
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Kuala Lumpur
Catholics
264,840
Chancery
Rumah Uskup Agung, 528 Jalan Bukit Nanas, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone
Tel. [03]207.85.089; 207.26.606; fax 203.13.815
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001913 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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