Roman Catholic Diocese of Miri

Diocese of Miri

Dioecesis Miriensis

Keuskupan Miri
Front View of St Joseph's Cathedral Miri in 2003
Location
CountryMalaysia
Ecclesiastical provinceKuching
MetropolitanKuching
Statistics
Area66,135 km2 (25,535 sq mi)[a]
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
877,492[a]
113,382[a] (12.9%)
Parishes15[a]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1959; 65 years ago (1959)[1]
CathedralSt Joseph's Cathedral, Miri
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Language
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRichard Ng
Metropolitan ArchbishopSimon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Vicar GeneralFrancis Kuleh Usat
Bishops emeritusAnthony Lee Kok Hin
Website
www.miridiocese.org[dead link]
Personal emblem of Richard Ng

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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