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List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

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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. 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

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Exempt jurisdictions

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Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur

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covering Peninsular Malaysia

Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching

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covering Sarawak state, on Borneo

Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu

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covering Sabah state, on Borneo

Former jurisdictions

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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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