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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang 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.
Saint Anthony's School (Malay: Sekolah Saint Anthony; abbreviated SAS) is a school in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia.Established in 1931 as a school belonging to the local Roman Catholic parish of the same name which is in turn under the ecclesiastical purview of the Diocese of Penang, the school was transferred to the De La Salle Brothers after the Second World War and has remained part of the ...
Established St. Anthony's School in 1931 [9] 1934 1936 Ignatius John Aloysius An alumnus of St. John's Institution and the first local Malayan parish priest. [10] Later first Vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang (1955). [11] 1936 1947 John Edmond Oversaw the transfer of St. Anthony's School to the De La Salle Brothers. [12 ...
St. Xavier's Institution, at Farquhar Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is the oldest Lasallian school in Southeast Asia and one of the Catholic Lasallian schools in Malaysia. [2] While it has a history dating back to 1787, the present-day institution, named after St. Francis Xavier , was only established in 1852.
The College General (Malay: Seminari Tinggi Katolik) is a Catholic interdiocesan seminary located at Tanjong Bungah in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The college's foundation can be traced back to the 1665 establishment of the Seminary of Saint Joseph in Ayuthia which was then the capital of Siam (now Thailand).
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.
St. George's Girls' School (Penang, Malaysia) Hutchings School, (Penang; ... Catholic High School, Petaling Jaya; Catholic High School, Melaka; London Missionary Society
The Catholic population in the southern part of Penang Island was increasing rapidly. In 1989, H. R. Watts, a parishioner of the Holy Spirit Cathedral, donated a piece of land to the diocese. He wished to build a Christian Community Centre and promote ecumenism.