Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching

Archdiocese of Kuching Archidioecesis Kuchingensis Keuskupan Agung Kuching
St Joseph Cathedral, Kuching
Location
Country	Malaysia
Ecclesiastical province	Kuching
Statistics
Area	19,173 km² (7,403 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,199,000 188,725 (15.7%)
Parishes	18
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1976
Cathedral	St Joseph's Cathedral in Kuching
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Ha Tiong Hock
Suffragans	Diocese of Miri Diocese of Sibu Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam
Auxiliary Bishops	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Vicar General	William Sabang
Emeritus Bishops	Peter Chung Hoan Ting Archbishop Emeritus (1976-2003)
Website
www.kuchingcatholic.org.my

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is St Joseph’s Cathedral, in Kuching, Sarawak.

John Ha Tiong Hock was appointed Archbishop of Kuching by Pope John Paul II on 24 May 2003. Pope Francis has appointed Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng as the Auxiliary Bishop on 9 July 2015.^[1]

History

It was erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak by Pope Pius XI on 5 February 1927, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo.
It was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching by Pope Pius XII on 14 February 1952.
Lost territory on 1959.12.19 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Miri (now its suffragan see).
Pope Paul VI elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 31 May 1976, however remaining ependent on the Roman .

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishorpic and the following suffragan sees :

(all Latin Church; initially missionary members of a Latin Congregation)

Jan Vos, M.H.M. (see above 1952.02.14 - retired 1968), Titular Bishop of Cnidus (1952.02.14 – death 1973.06.29)
Karl Reiterer, M.H.M. (1968.02.09 – 1974.12.30), Titular Bishop of Sidyma (1967.02.09 – 1974.12.30), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (1967.02.09 – 1968.02.09)
Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1975 – 1976.05.31 see below), Titular Bishop of Asolo (1970.09.01 – 1976.05.31); previously Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (1970.09.01 – 1972), succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (1972 – 1975)

Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭) (see above 1976.05.31 – 2003.06.21), also President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (1976 – 1979 and 1994 – 2000)
John Ha Tiong Hock (2003.06.21 – ...), also President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2012.08 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Cabapium (1998.01.17 – 2003.06.21) & Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching (1998.01.17 – 2003.06.21)

There are about 18 parishes and chapels administering many outstations around the archdiocese.

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