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Diocese of Singapore and Malaya was an Anglican diocese which covered Singapore and West Malaysia (which was also called Malaya). It was renamed from Diocese of Singapore on 6 February 1960. On 8 April 1970, the diocese was dissolved and split into Diocese of Singapore and Diocese of West Malaysia. [1]

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Bishops

NameTermNotes
Cyril Kenneth Sansbury 1961 - 1966
Joshua Chiu Ban It 1967 - 1970

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References

  1. Kumari Singh, Sheenah. "Anglican Diocese of Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board of Singapore. Retrieved 19 November 2018.