List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
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
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching[]
covering Sarawak state, on Borneo
Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu[]
covering Sabah state, on Borneo
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
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.
See also[]
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Catholic Church in Malaysia
- Catholic Church in Brunei
- Catholic Church in Singapore
Sources and external links[]
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Malaysia
- Lists of Roman Catholic dioceses by country