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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Malaysia.It was erected as the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur by Pope Pius XII on 25 February 1955, and was elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 18 December 1972, with the suffragan sees of Malacca-Johor and Penang.
The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin Church hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, a non-metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore, and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei.
The Cathedral of St. John is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. As of 2020, half of Malaysian Christians were Catholic; this was 4.63% of the country's population. [11] The country is divided into nine dioceses including three archdioceses: Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. Diocese of Malacca Johore; Diocese of Penang
Julian Leow Beng Kim (born 3 January 1964) is a Malaysian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur since 2014. [1] He also serves as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
Cathedral of St John The Evangelist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur and the seat of its Archbishop, Julian Leow Beng Kim.The first church on a nearby site was established in 1883, and consisted of a long wooden hall with a few windows built on a forested area of Bukit Nanas, [3] and was dedicated to St John the Evangelist.
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