Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching
The Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis ) is a located in Malaysia Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Kuching.
History
Pope Pius XI. founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak with the Breve Quae rei sacrae on February 5, 1927 from annexations of the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo. On 14 February 1952 she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate. In the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums it was collected on 31 May 1976.
Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
Ordinaries
Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak
- Luigi Hopfgartner MHM (November 8, 1935-1949 )
- Jan Vos MHM (18 November 1949-14. February 1952 )
Vicars Apostolic of Kuching
- January Vos MHM (14 February 1952-9. February 1968 )
- Karl Reiterer MHM (9 February 1968-30. December 1974)
- Peter Chung Hoan Ting ( 1975-31. May 1976 )
Archbishops of Kuching
- Peter Chung Hoan Ting ( May 31, 1976 -21. June 2003)
- John Ha Tiong Hock ( since 21 June 2003)