List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin (Roman Rite) hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of

  • three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, each headed by a Metropolitan archdiocese, with two suffragan dioceses each.
  • two exempt jurisdictions, one for each small neighbor : a non-Metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei.

There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Malaysia as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Kuala Lumpur. In it the Apostolic Delegation (lower level) to Brunei is also vested.
There is a separate Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore (in the capital of the same name), into which are vested the Non-Residential Pontifical Representation for Vietnam and Apostolic Nunciature to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, which all abovementioned states belong to, with others in the region).

Current Latin jurisdictions

Exempt jurisdictions

Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur

covering Peninsular Malaysia

Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching

covering Sarawak state, on Borneo

Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu

covering Sabah state, on Borneo

Former jurisdictions

There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees.

The Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was split into the Archdiocese of Singapore and the Diocese of Malacca-Johor in 1972, seven years after Singapore became independent.

See also
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