Diocese of Miri Dioecesis Miriensis Keuskupan Miri | |
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 Front View of St Joseph's Cathedral Miri in 2003 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kuching |
| Metropolitan | Kuching |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 66,135 km2 (25,535 sq mi)[a] |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 877,492[a] 113,382[a] (12.9%) |
| 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 | Francis |
| Bishop | Richard Ng |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng |
| Vicar General | Francis Kuleh Usat |
| Bishops emeritus | Anthony Lee Kok Hin |
| Website | |
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The Diocese of Miri (Lat: Dioecesis Mirensis) 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.
In 1959, when the Vicariate was established, Anthony Denis Galvin, a Mill Hill priest, was appointed as the first Apostolic Vicar until his death in 1976. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, a local priest from Miri, was appointed as the second Apostolic Vicar and subsequently become the first bishop of Miri in 1977 when Pope Paul VI elevates the Vicariate into full diocese status. In 2013, following his resignation, Pope Francis granted Rev. Fr. Richard Ng, a Kuching-born priest, as his successor and he was installed as the second bishop of this diocese in 2014.
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