Diocese of Melaka-Johor
Diocese of Melaka-Johor | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Malaysia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur |
Diocesan bishop | Anthony Bernard Paul |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
James Chan Soon Cheong Paul Tan Chee Ing SJ |
founding | 1972 |
surface | 20,364 km² |
Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 5,724,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 40.208 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 0.7% |
Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,031 |
Permanent deacons | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Malaysian |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral in Johor Bahru |
Website | majodi.org |
The Diocese of Melaka-Johor ( lat. : Dioecesis Melakana-Giohorana ) is in Malaysia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Johor Bahru . It includes the states of Malacca and Johor in southwest Malaysia .
history
Today's diocese of Melaka - Johor goes back to the diocese of Malacca , which was founded in 1558 in Malacca , which was then Portuguese. In 1838 this diocese was abolished and replaced by a Vicariate Apostolic , headed by the Paris Mission , based in Singapore . From this in turn the Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore emerged. After the independence of Singapore was made by Pope Paul VI. 1972 the division of the archdiocese: the diocese of Malakka-Johor was established on December 18, 1972 from the Malaysian part and subordinated to the archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur as a suffragan . On May 27, 1985, the diocese of Malacca-Johor was renamed the Diocese of Melaka-Johor .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Malacca-Johor
- James Chan Soon Cheong , 1972–1985
Bishops of Melaka-Johor
- James Chan Soon Cheong, 1985-2001
- Paul Tan Chee Ing SJ , 2003-2015
- Anthony Bernard Paul , since 2015