St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching

St. Joseph's Cathedral
Cathedral Parish of St. Joseph, Kuching
Malay: Katedral St. Joseph
Location	Kuching
Country	Malaysia
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	www.stjosephkuching.org
History
Founded	1976
Past bishop(s)	John Ha Tiong Hock, Peter Chung Hoan Ting
Architecture
Completed	1891 (old cathedral) 1976 (new cathedral)
Administration
Province	Kuching
Archdiocese	Kuching
Clergy
Archbishop	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Vicar(s)	William Sabang

The St. Joseph's Cathedral ^{[1] [2]} also called Cathedral of Kuching is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Kuching, ^[3] a Malaysian city situated in the island of Borneo and the state capital of Sarawak. ^[4]

The building follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the main mother church or the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching (Archidioecesis Kuchingensis; Keuskupan Kuching Agung) which gained its current status by bull "Quoniam Favente Deo" of Pope Paul VI.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop Simon Poh Hoon Seng since 4 March 2017. ^[5]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Malaysia
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching
• St. Joseph's Cathedral (disambiguation)

References

1. "St Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
2. Morais, J. Victor, ed. (1977). Who's who Malaysia & Guide to Singapore. John Victor Morais.
3. Ho, Alice Yen (1998-01-01). Old Kuching. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9789835600500.
4. Reger, Karl-Heinz; Staff, Nelles Verlag (1997-01-01). Malaysia - Singapore - Brunei. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN   9783886189021.
5. Pope appoints new head to Malaysian Archdiocese of Kuching, Vatican Radio, 4 March 2017