Diocese of

Miri

Malaysia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Miri / 美里 (正體中文) / Mirien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kuching

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 19

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.12.19: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Miri / 美里 (正體中文) / Mirien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching)
1976.05.31: Promoted as Diocese of Miri / 美里 (正體中文) / Mirien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kuching)
1997.11.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.10.30 – ...):

Bishop Richard Ng (吳對龍) (59)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Ordinaries

Bishops of Miri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richard Ng (吳對龍) (59)
(2013.10.30 – ...)

Bishop of Miri (Malaysia)
General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Proclaim the Gospel

Born:	1966.06.20 (Kuching, Malaysia)
Ordained Priest:	1995.02.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.25

Priest of Kuching (Malaysia) (1995.02.18 – 2013.10.30)

Bishop of Miri (Malaysia) (2013.10.30 – ...)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2021 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin (88)
(1977.05.30 – 2013.10.30)

Bishop emeritus of Miri (Malaysia)

Born:	1937.03.20 (Miri, Malaysia)
Ordained Priest:	1966.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.11.20

Priest of Miri (Malaysia) (1966.01.02 – 1977.05.30)

Bishop of Miri (Malaysia) (1977.05.30 – 2013.10.30)

Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M.
(1976.05.31 – 1976.09.05)

Born:	1919.02.04 (Middlesbrough, England)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Died:	1976.09.05 (Hartlepool, England † 57)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1960.04.05 – 1976.05.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Miri (Malaysia) (1960.04.05 – 1976.05.31)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (1969 – 1976)

Bishop of Miri (Malaysia) (1976.05.31 – 1976.09.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Miri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M.
(1960.04.05 – 1976.05.31)

(see above)

Special Churches

Churches by City (7)

Sibu (↙), Brunei (↗), Keningau (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 66,135 km²

Population: 117,930 Catholics (12.4% of 947,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 28 priests (19 diocesan, 9 religious), 26 religious (9 brothers, 17 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.02.18

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