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Catholic Bishops' Conference Of Malaysia, Singapore And Brunei
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei (CBCMSB) is the episcopal conference representing the Catholic Church in the countries of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. The conference serves as a collaborative body of bishops, including diocesan bishops, coadjutors, auxiliary bishops, and diocesan administrators, who collectively oversee and guide the Church's activities in these three countries. The CBCMSB is pivotal in addressing pastoral, liturgical, and social issues relevant to the region's Catholic community. History and purpose The CBCMSB was formally constituted to enable the bishops of the region to "exercise jointly the pastoral office by way of promoting the greater good which the Church offers mankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of age". This mandate reflects the commitment of the bishops to foster a spirit of communion and co-responsibility, allowing them to addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Conference
An episcopal conference, often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 '' motu proprio'', '' Ecclesiae sanctae''. Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Singapore
The Archdiocese of Singapore (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Singaporensis'') is an exempt archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. Its territory includes all that is under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Singapore. Its current archbishop is Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye. Goh took over the archdiocese on 18 May 2013, after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of his predecessor, Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo. The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, located within the Civic District, is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Singapore. As an exempt diocese, the archdiocese is not a part of an ecclesiastical province, but comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy See. The archdiocese is a member of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. History The Roman Catholic Church in Singapore was initially under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malacca, established by the papal bull ''pro excellenti praeeminentia'' issued by Pope Paul IV o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Keningau
The Diocese of Keningau (Latin: ''Dioecesis Keningauensis''; Malay: ''Keuskupan Keningau''; Mandarin: ''根地咬教区'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. This diocese covers Sabah's interior districts of Keningau (including Sook), Nabawan (including Pensiangan and Sapulut), Sipitang, Beaufort (including Membakut), Tenom (including Kemabong), Tambunan and Kuala Penyu as well as a partial extraterritoriality jurisdiction on two districts in Sabah's West Coast Division, namely in the Bongawan area of Papar district, which borders the district of Beaufort via the township of Membakut and the Kiulu area of Tuaran district that are actually under the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu; but has been allocated under the ecclesiastical purview of the Holy Cross Toboh and St Patrick's Membakut parishes of Beaufort as well as Tambunan districts within this diocese. History Erected in 1992, from the Archdioces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Piong
Datuk Cornelius Piong (born 1 July 1949) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became Bishop of Keningau in 1993. Early and personal life Cornelius was born in Bundu, Kuala Penyu on 1 July 1949 to the late Augustine Piong Senagang (19251998) and the late Lucia Martinus @ Lucy Kimsin (19272023). In 1970, he entered St Francis Xavier's Major Seminary in Singapore and later furthered his studies at College General, Penang in 1972. On 27 March 1977, he was ordained priest in his hometown parish of St Peter the Apostle, Bundu, Kuala Penyu by Bishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong. In June 1987, he was appointed as vicar general of the Diocese of Kota Kinabalu (now Archdiocese). On 17 December 1992, Cornelius received his appointment to be the bishop of the newly created Diocese of Keningau. He was ordained bishop on 6 May 1993 at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Keningau by Archbishop Peter Chung Hoan Ting. Cornelius is the first bumiputera Catholic bishop in Malaysia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sandakan
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (''Dioecesis Sandakaanus''; ''Keuskupan Sandakan'': ''山打根教区'') is located in Sabah, at East Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 5 parishes (Sandakan, Beluran, Telupid, Lahad Datu and Tawau) and 1 mission district (Paitan), covering the east portion of the state. History The diocese was created on 16 July 2007, from some territory of the Archdiocese of Kota KinabaluJulius Dusin Gitomwas appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The diocese covers the Sandakan and Tawau Divisions located in the East Coast of Sabah state. List of parishes Five parishes and one mission are located in the Diocese of Sandakan. * St. Mary's Cathedral Parish, Sandakan * St. Dominic's Parish, Lahad Datu * Paitan Mission (St. Francis of Assisi's Church), Paitan, Beluran * St. Martin's Parish, Telupid * Holy Trinity Parish, Tawau * Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Beluran Beluran (, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Dusin Gitom
Datuk Julius Dusin Gitom (born 14 October 1957) is a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the first bishop of the Diocese of Sandakan since 2007. Early life and education Julius Dusin Gitom was born on 14 October 1957 at Kampung Lokos, Tamparuli, Tuaran, a village on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu located on the tripoint border of Tuaran, Kota Belud as well as Ranau districts of Sabah's northern West Coast Division to a Kadazan-Dusun family of Lotud descent (jurisdictionally, his birth village remains under Tuaran district administration, but ecclesiastically administered under the pastoral care of St. Pius X Parish, Bundu Tuhan, Ranau, which is in turn a parish under the North West Coast Division deanery of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu). He attended school from the age of 5 in 1962 until finishing his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia in 1975 and then worked for two years as a laboratory assistant for Tobishima Construction prior to joining the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kuching
The Archdiocese of Kuching (; Malay: ''Keuskupan Agung Kuching''; Mandarin: ''古晋总教区'') is a Metropolitan Latin archbishopric of the Catholic Church in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, covering the western part of the state, up from Lundu to Saratok. It is however remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is in St. Joseph's Cathedral, in the city centre, named after the spouse of the Virgin Mary, who was the diocese's patron. Former auxiliary bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was appointed as the third and current Archbishop of Kuching by Pope Francis on 4 March 2017 following the resignation of his predecessor, John Ha Tiong Hock. Erected in 1927 by Pope Pius XI as an Apostolic Prefecture, Kuching was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Paul VI in 1976 with the suffragan dioceses of Sibu and Miri, and it was first led by Peter Chung Hoan Ting. History * It was erected it as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Dato Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng (born 15 April 1963) is a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuching since 2017. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese from 2015 to 2017. Early life and education Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was born on 15 April 1963, in Sri Aman, Sarawak, to Joseph Poh and Geraldine Poh. The oldest child in the family, he has two sisters, Irene and Doreen, and two brothers, Raymond and Norman. From 1970 to 1975, Poh attended St. Joseph's primary school. He then continued his studies at St. Joseph's Secondary School from 1976 to 1982. He and his family converted to Catholicism between the years 1979 and 1980. After becoming a Catholic, Poh joined the school's club, Young Christian Students, the Legion of Mary, and St. Joseph's Cathedral's altar servers. Ordination and ministry The parish priest of the church Poh attended at the time, Fr. Josef Wassermann, greatly inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kota Kinabalu
The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Latin language, Latin language: ''Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis''; Malaysian Malay, Malay: ''Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu''; Mandarin language, Mandarin: ''哥打京那巴鲁总教区'') is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. The archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long history slowly rising along with the Catholic population from a prefecture to an archdiocese. Its cathedral archepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu. The patron saint of the archdiocese is Saint Joseph, St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. History Originally erected on 4 September 1855 as the Apostolic prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, created on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (Java) (including the neighbouring Dutch East Indies). On 5 February 1927 it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wong Soo Kau
John Wong Soo Kau (born 6 June 1969) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was named the second metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu on 24 January 2013, the Feast of Francis de Sales, St Francis de Sales, by Pope Francis. He is fully Style (manner of address), styled as His Grace The Most Reverend, Most Reverend Datuk John Wong, Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu. Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu, Sacred Heart Cathedral in the metropolitan of Kota Kinabalu is the seat of Archbishop Wong, and the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. Early life and ministry Family John Wong was born as the 7th of 11 children (five brothers and five sisters) on 6 June 1968 in Sandakan, Sabah to ethnic Hakka people, Hakka Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Catholic parents. His late father, Paul Wong Shui Tshun was a hawker selling yong taufu (stuffed bean curd) and fish balls at the Sandakan Central Market, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Penang
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang (; Malaysian Malay, Malay: ''Keuskupan Pulau Pinang''; Tamil language, Tamil: ''பினாங்கு மறைமாவட்டம்''; Mandarin language, Mandarin: ''天主教檳城教區'') is situated in the northern as well as the east coast region of Peninsular Malaysia covering 4 northern states, namely Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak as well as the east coast state of Kelantan. It was created on 25 February 1955 together with the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. It is under the ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur. History The first Catholic priests settled in Malacca in the 1511. College General was established in Ayutthaya Kingdom, Ayuthia, Thailand in 1665. It was moved to Cambodia before finally settling in Penang in 1808. A seminary occupied a site in Pulau Tikus before moving to their present site in Tanjung Bungah in 1984. In 1786, Captain Francis Light and his men landed in Penang and decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Francis
Sebastian Francis (born 11 November 1951) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang, Penang since 2011. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal on 30 September 2023. He is the second cardinal from Malaysia after Anthony Soter Fernandez. Early life and education Sebastian Francis was born on 11 November 1951, in Johor Bahru, which was then part of the Federation of Malaya. His grandparents had emigrated from India's Thrissur district (formerly known as Trichur) in Kerala to Malaysia in the 1890s during British rule in Malaysia, British rule. His family belonged to the Mechery family of Ollur in Thrissur. Francis grew up in Malaysia, where his family included five brothers and four sisters, all of whom became Malaysian citizenship, Malaysian citizens. From 1958 to 1963, Francis received his primary education at St. Joseph's Primary School in Johor Bahru, which was run by the Montfort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
