Archdiocese of Kuching

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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia. It was erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak by Pope Pius XI on February 5, 1927, and was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching by Pope Pius XII on February 14, 1952. Pope Paul VI elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on May 31, 1976, with the suffragan sees of Keningau, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Sandakan and Sibu.


The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is St Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching. The current Archbishop of Kuching is His Excellency John Ha Tiong Hock, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on May 24, 2003.

[edit] List of Ordinaries of Kuching

  • Edmondo Dunn, MHM (1927 - 1935)
  • Luigi Hopfgartner, MHM (1935 - 1949)
  • Jan Vos, MHM (1949 - 1968)
  • Karl Reiterer, MHM (1968 - 1974)
  • Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1975 - 2003)
  • John Ha Tiong Hock (2003 - present)

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