Church of the Province of South East Asia

The Church of the Province of South East Asia is a member church of the Anglican Communion . It extends over Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , Indonesia , Cambodia , Vietnam , Brunei , Laos and Nepal . After the mission in this area began in 1805 , it received its first bishop in 1855 . Under the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury until 1970 , the province became independent in 1970 and today has four dioceses ( Kuching , Sabah , Singapore and West Malaysia) under the primacy of the Archbishop of Southeast Asia.

history

In 1855 the dioceses of Labuan and Sarawak were founded - both headed by Bishop Francis McDougall. After Singapore and the Straits Settlements were made a British Crown Colony in 1867, the Anglican Church in Singapore was placed under the responsibility of the Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak (and no longer Calcutta) in 1869. Officially titled the Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak in 1881, it was recognized that the diocese had become too large. In 1909 it was divided into the Diocese of Singapore, the Diocese of Labuan and the Diocese of Sarawak.

The Straits Settlements, the Malaya Peninsula, Siam, Java, Sumatra and neighboring islands were subordinate to the Diocese of Singapore. In 1960 it was renamed the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya, and in 1970 it was divided into the Diocese of Singapore and the Diocese of West Malaysia.

The Diocese of Labuan and the Diocese of Sarawak were initially separate and merged in 1949 as the Diocese of Borneo . In 1962 this was finally divided back into the Diocese of Jesselton (later: Diocese of Sabah), which includes the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan , and the Diocese of Kuching, which includes the state of Sarawak and the Kingdom of Brunei .

Today's breakdown is as follows:

diocese	Country	bishop
Kuching	Malaysia , Kuching Brunei	Bolly Anak Lapok
Sabah	Malaysia , Kota Kinabalu	Melter Jiki Tais
Singapore	Singapore Indonesia Cambodia Laos Nepal Thailand Vietnam	Rennis Ponniah
West Malaysia	Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur	Ng Moon Hing

Archbishop John Chew Hiang Chea was one of the seven primates who refused to take communion with the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America in February 2007 . This refusal is related to the ordination of the openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire , Gene Robinson , which, however, was only a triggering moment for a long smoldering dispute between liberal and conservative Anglicans over questions of authority and exegesis.

Primates

• Joshua Chiu Ban It (1966-1982)
• Moses Tay Leng Kong (1996-2000)
• Datuk Yong Ping Chung (2000-2006)
• John Chew Hiang Chea (2006–2012)
• Datuk Bolly anak Lapok (since 2012)

Web links

• http://www.anglican.org.sg/
• http://www.aco.org/tour/province.cfm?ID=S2

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anglican Diocese of Singapore Singapore Infopedia. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
2. ↑ Episcopal News Service: Seven 'Global South' Primates refuse to share Holy Communion ( Memento of August 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ GAFCON statement : See the question "Is the crisis in the Anglican Communion about homosexuality?"