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Cornelius Sim DD (16 September 1951 – 29 May 2021) was a Bruneian
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of the
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who served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei from 2004 until his death. He had previously served as the
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of Brunei from 1997 to 2004. Sim was the first graduate of
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priestly discernment program to be ordained to the priesthood.
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raised him to the rank of a
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on 28 November 2020, making him the first cardinal from the country, and from the island of
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. Sim has been credited as "Brunei's most famous Catholic" and a "towering figure" in the history of Bruneian
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.


Early life

Sim was born in
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,
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, on 16 September 1951. He was the eldest of six children of Lawrence Sim and Monica Yeo, and his grandparents were the first Catholics in their village. He was of
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and Dusunic descent. He was raised a Catholic and educated in Catholic schools, but practised his faith less as he reached adulthood. Sim earned an engineering degree from
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in Scotland. After this he stopped practising his faith. He worked in utilities operations of
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, a joint-venture between the Bruneian government,
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and
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, from 1978 to 1985; he spent some of these years working abroad. Returning to Brunei, he rediscovered his Catholic faith and grew close to a
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group that downplayed doctrine and emphasized personal relationships with God. He earned a master's degree in theology at the
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, Ohio, in 1988. He returned to Brunei in 1988 and served as an administrator in St John's Church, Kuala Belait until his ordination as deacon on 28 May 1989.


Presbyteral ministry

Sim was ordained to the priesthood on 26 November 1989. He became the country's first local priest. He served the faithful in Brunei alongside two other missionary priests resident in Brunei, until 1991. Following this, Sim served all parishes as the sole priest in Brunei for an indefinite period during which he pledged that there would be "no let up" in services to the faithful. He was appointed
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of Brunei in 1995, which was part of the
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in Malaysia at the time. After Brunei was split from Miri to form the Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei,
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named Sim apostolic prefect on 21 November 1997. He was installed there on 23 February the following year. Sim attended the 1998 Asia Synod of Bishops and was observed as a "young prefect apostolic" at the time. Three years later in 2001, Sim also attended the
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visit to Pope John Paul II by prelates from the Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.


Episcopal ministry

Pope John Paul II elevated the Prefecture of Brunei to the status of a vicariate and appointed Sim the first Apostolic Vicar of Brunei and
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of Putia in
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on 20 October 2004.


Bishop

He received his episcopal consecration on 21 January 2005 from Archbishop
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at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in
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. The co-consecrators were
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,
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and Anthony Lee Kok Hin, Bishop of Miri. He requested that his ordination be held in Brunei rather than Rome, so that the local faithful could take part. On a number of occasions, Sim publicly advocated for peaceful and tolerant relations amongst Bruneians of all religious affiliations. He was also involved in the activities of schools operating under his authority, publicly attending functions such as
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. Sim frequently acted as the representative of the
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community in Brunei during government engagements locally and abroad, including with foreign
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, local
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and the
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. In June 2005, Sim welcomed the Holy See's
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to Brunei, who during his visit met with Brunei's deputy sultan. Sim made an ad limina visit on 5 June 2008 to the
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in the Vatican for an audience with
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. On 15 July 2014, Sim backed calls made by Brunei's reigning
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to the country to pray for peace in
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amid rising tensions. Sim urged Catholics to pray for peace, and also pledged the Catholic Church's support towards Brunei government aid initiatives. On 8 Feb 2018, Sim made an ad limina visit to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis. Sim celebrated his 10th episcopal anniversary and coincidentally his silver jubilee of ordination to the priesthood on 21 January 2015 with a commemorative
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at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Bandar Seri Begawan. The Mass was concelebrated with the other resident priests from Brunei, as well as several prelates and guest priests representing neighbouring dioceses from the
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, as well as the
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. In the following days, Sim and the visiting apostolic delegate attended an audience ceremony at one of the Brunei
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. During the
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, Sim introduced livestreaming of Mass for the faithful to participate in a virtual capacity during lockdown measures.


Cardinal

On 25 October 2020,
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announced he would raise Sim to the rank of
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at a
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scheduled for 28 November 2020. Sim accepted the appointment "for the good of the Church and the peoples in the region", saying it was "a good sign for the nation". Cardinal
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sent public congratulations to Sim on behalf of the
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. Sim continued to credit his charismatic roots as the basis of his faith, allowing that the movement has been appropriately "domesticated, maybe for good reason". He did not attend the consistory in Rome because of travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. He expected to receive the symbols of his new rank when the new Apostolic Delegate to Brunei, Archbishop
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, could travel to take up his post. At that consistory, Pope Francis made him Cardinal-Priest of
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. On 16 December 2020, he was named a member of the
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. His cardinal's red irettaand ring were couriered to Brunei at a later date after the consistory. In spite of a quietened coverage of his elevation as he did not attend the consistory, Sim still recognized his appointment to the cardinalate as being a sign of worldwide recognition of the nation's Christian community in general. In March 2021, Sim joined with other Asian cardinals in calling for "peace and reconciliation" in Myanmar. During his final address to his congregation in May that year, Sim urged the
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in Brunei not to "be spectators" in his absence, but to make visible their contributions of "time, talent and treasure."


Illness, death and legacy

Sim died on 29 May 2021 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) in
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. He was 69, and suffered a
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. He had travelled to Taiwan for
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treatment. His passing received coverage in local state-influenced news media and online forums, as well as Catholic outlets throughout the world. Tributes were sent following his death from prelates in neighbouring dioceses in the Southeast Asian region, as well as from state dignitaries in Brunei. Speaking on Sim's death, the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Julian Leow said, "Brunei has lost one of her illustrious sons, the Bishops’ Conference, a dear brother and the Church, a prince." Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu John Wong said, “Cardinal Sim left an unforgettable mark in his untiring and devoted service to the Church, and for his constant advocacy of dialogue and peace for all people in Brunei." The United States Embassy in Brunei expressed its "deep sadness" at the passing of the "charismatic leader" Cardinal Sim. On the day of Sim's passing,
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sent a telegram of condolence praising Sim's "generous service" to the
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and to the
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, while also expressing his sadness in learning of the cardinal's death, and expressing solidarity with his family as well as the clergy and faithful of Brunei. The
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suspended all church activities throughout the country except Masses for two weeks to observe a period of
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for the late cardinal while his body was being returned to Brunei, from Taiwan. A
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was held for the late cardinal at the Church of Our Lady of Assumption, the parish which housed his
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in Brunei’s capital, on 14 June 2021 as his body lay in state, enabling mourners to pay their respects. A
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was held the next day, 15 June, at 9AM and his body was driven through Brunei to all other parishes for the congregations to pay their last respects, before being buried in
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. Among those in attendance at the funeral service were members of the
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in Brunei, as well as representatives from other
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churches and prominent local community figures. On September 5 2021, exactly 100 days following Sim's death, the Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE) announced the appointment of the first Cornelius Cardinal Sim Professor, the Rev. Deacon Prof. Dr. Sherman Kuek. The professorship's main mission is facilitating research on theological and interreligious dialogue. The date set for the official appointment was September 16 2021, corresponding to Sim's 70th birth anniversary. On
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in November 2021, Pope Francis held a mass at the Throne of Saint Peter in
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in
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for the repose of Sim's soul, as well as of all other cardinals and bishops who had passed on in the last year. Sim was among the contributing theologians and bishops of a youth edition release of the
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intended for the young peoples of
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, which was launched at the FABC general conference in Thailand on 21 October 2022.


Honours

* ''Cornelius Cardinal Sim Professorial Chair of Theology and Dialogue'' - The Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE) – (2021)


See also

*
Cardinals created by Pope Francis Pope Francis () has created cardinals at eight consistories held at roughly annual intervals beginning in 2014, most recently on 27 August 2022. He has created 121 cardinals from 66 countries, 23 of which had never been represented in the Col ...
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Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam The Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Bruneiensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the territory of Brunei and headed by an ''apostolic vicar''. The first apostolic vicar was Corneli ...
*
Catholic Church in Brunei The Catholic Church in Brunei Darussalam is a part of the worldwide Catholic Church, in communion with the pope in Rome, and constitutionally recognised within the state of Brunei Darussalam. The entire territory of the Church in Brunei is organi ...
*
Ethnic Chinese in Brunei Ethnic Chinese in Brunei are people of full or partial Chineseparticularly Han Chineseancestry who are citizens or residents in Brunei. As of 2015, they constitute 10.1% of the country's population, making them the second largest ethnic group in ...


References


External links

*
Official website of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam


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