Diocese of Miri
| Diocese of Miri | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Malaysia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kuching |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard Ng |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Anthony Lee Kok Hin |
| Vicar General | Francis Koleh |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 42,235 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 757,494 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 98,743 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 13% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,702 |
| Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Malaysian |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | dioceseofmiri.blogspot.de |
The Diocese of Miri ( Latin Dioecesis Miriensis ) is in Malaysia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Miri .
history
The Diocese of Miri was on December 19, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Kuching as the Apostolic Vicariate Miri . On May 31, 1976, the Apostolic Vicariate Miri was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Kuching as a suffragan . The Diocese of Miri gave up on December 21, 1997 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Miri
- Anthony Denis Galvin MHM , 1960-1976
Bishops of Miri
- Anthony Denis Galvin MHM, 1976
- Anthony Lee Kok Hin , 1977-2013
- Richard Ng , since 2013