Diocese of Miri
Diocese of Miri Dioecesis Miriensis Keuskupan Miri 美里教区 | |
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Front View of St Joseph's Cathedral Miri in 2003 | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kuching |
| Metropolitan | Kuching |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 66,135 km2 (25,535 sq mi)[a] |
Population
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| Parishes | 15[a] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1959[1] |
| Cathedral | St Joseph's Cathedral, Miri |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
| Language | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Richard Ng |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng |
| Vicar General | Joseph Ding |
| Episcopal Vicars | Francis Kuleh Usat |
| Bishops emeritus | Anthony Lee Kok Hin |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Diocese of Miri (Latin: Dioecesis Mirensis; Malay: Keuskupan Miri; Mandarin: 美里教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Malaysia. Situated northeast of the Archdiocese of Kuching, of which it is a suffragan diocese. St. Joseph's Cathedral in Miri serves as both the diocesan cathedral and the seat of bishop. The diocese covers Miri, Bintulu, Limbang, Lawas, Tatau and Marudi.
In 1959, when the Vicariate was established, Anthony Denis Galvin, a Mill Hill priest, was appointed as the Apostolic Vicar (later bishop) until his sudden death in 5 September 1976. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, a local priest from Miri, become the first local bishop of Miri in 30 May 1977. In 2013, following his resignation, Pope Francis elected Rev. Fr. Richard Ng, a Kuching-born priest, as his successor and he was installed as the second bishop of this diocese in 2014.
Ordinaries
| No. | Portrait | Name | From | Until |
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| 1 | Anthony Denis Galvin, MHM (1919-1976) |
5 April 1960 | 5 September 1976 (Died) | |
| 2 | Anthony Lee Kok Hin (born 1935) |
2 January 1966 (Ordained priest) 30 May 1977 (Bishop) |
30 October 2013 (Resigned) | |
| 3 | Richard Ng (born 1966) |
25 January 2014 | Present |
Religious communities
- Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM)
- Claretians (CMF)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Annuario Pontificio (2022) via Catholic-Hierarchy.org[1]
References
- ^ a b "Diocese of Miri". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
External links