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Made anak Katib (23 January 1942 – 23 January 2013) was a

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n former

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of the Diocese of Kuching. He held the position from 1996 until 2007. An ethnic Biatah

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, he was the first Bishop of the diocese to emerge from the Bidayuh Dayak community.

Early life and education

Born to the family of the late Katib anak Nanja and the late Nyang anak Janggok in Senah Negeri (what is now Kampung Annah Rais),

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, the former bishop was a British-trained priest who hailed from Padawan,

. Before being ordained as a priest, the late Made studied at the

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, in

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. He took a general degree with three core subjects –

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and Bible Knowledge and graduated in 1966. Following his graduation, he furthered his priesthood studies at College of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1966. In 1968, he sat for his General Ordination Examination – which all British-trained priests were required to obtain.

Ministry

The late Made started his ministry as a deacon on 22 September 1968 and a year later was ordained as a priest by the Diocese of Kuching's first indigenous bishop, the late Rt Revd Datuk

Basil Temenggong Datuk Basil Temenggong (11 October 1918 – 22 September 1984) was a Malaysian clergyman in the Anglican Church. He was the second Bishop of Kuching from 1968 until his death in 1984, and the first indigenous Sarawakian bishop. Early life Tem ...

.''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74'', 85th Edition, p 528. During his time as a priest, he served in many places in Sarawak before being promoted to Bishop. He was enthroned as the 12th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kuching on 20 November 1995, succeeding John Leong Chee Yun. The late Made retired from the ministry on 23 January 2007, which was also his 65th birthday. He dedicated 38 years of his life to the ministry. For his service and contributions to the Church and state over the years, he was conferred honours by the state government with the medals decorated such as Pingat Terpuji Jubli Perak (1988) and Pegawai Bintang Sarawak (1994), both awarded by Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce (b. 1926 - d. 2000) and conferred a Datukship or honorific knighthood granted with the title Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang (2002) which carries the Malaysian title of "Datuk", awarded by Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng (b. 1921 - d. 2022) on his 81st birthday in that year.

Death

Made died on 6 pm local time, at the

Sarawak General Hospital Sarawak General Hospital (Malay: ''Hospital Umum Sarawak'') is the largest hospital in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the main tertiary and referral hospital in East Malaysia. In its earlier years it was known as Kuching General Hospita ...

on his 71st birthday. He is survived by his wife Datin Matilda Thomas Ng and daughter Elvina Mary.

References

External links

Diocese of Kuching

Former Anglican bishop passes away

Hundreds Bid Farewell to Made
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Early life and education

Ministry

Death

See also

References

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