List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

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The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin (Roman Rite) hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of

  • three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, each headed by a Metropolitan archdiocese, with two suffragan dioceses each.
  • two exempt jurisdictions, one for each small neighbor : a non-Metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei.

There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Malaysia as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Kuala Lumpur. In it the Apostolic Delegation (lower level) to Brunei is also vested.
There is a separate Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore (in the capital of the same name), into which are vested the Non-Residential Pontifical Representation for Vietnam and Apostolic Nunciature to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, which all abovementioned states belong to, with others in the region).

Current Latin jurisdictions[]

Exempt jurisdictions[]

  • Archdiocese of Singapore, covering all and only Singapore
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam, covering all and only Brunei

Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur[]

covering Peninsular Malaysia

Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching[]

covering Sarawak state, on Borneo

Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu[]

covering Sabah state, on Borneo

Former jurisdictions[]

There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees.

The Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was split into the Archdiocese of Singapore and the Diocese of Malacca-Johor in 1972, seven years after Singapore became independent.

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