Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching

• It was erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak by Pope Pius XI on 5 February 1927, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo.
• It was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuching by Pope Pius XII on 14 February 1952.
• Lost territory on 1959.12.19 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Miri (now its senior suffragan see).
• Pope Paul VI elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 31 May 1976.
• Lost territory on 1986.12.22 to establish the Diocese of Sibu as its second suffragan.

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan sees, both daughter dioceses :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Miri
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sibu.

(all Latin Church; initially missionary members of a Latin Congregation) [3]

Apostolic Prefects of Sarawak

• Edmondo Dunn, Mill Hill Missionaries (M.H.M.) (1927.02.05 – death 1935), previously Apostolic Prefect of Labuan and Borneo (Malaysia) (1897.05.04 – 1927.02.05)
• Luigi Hopfgartner, M.H.M. (1935.11.08 – death 1949)
• Jan Vos, M.H.M. (born Netherlands) (1949.11.18 – 1952.02.14 see below)

Apostolic Vicars of Sarawak

• Jan Vos, M.H.M. (see above 1952.02.14 - retired 1968), Titular Bishop of Cnidus (1952.02.14 – death 1973.06.29)
• Karl Reiterer, M.H.M. (1968.02.09 – death 1974.12.30), Titular Bishop of Sidyma (1967.02.09 – 1974.12.30), succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (1967.02.09 – 1968.02.09)
• Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1975 – 1976.05.31 see below), Titular Bishop of Asolo (1970.09.01 – 1976.05.31); previously Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (1970.09.01 – 1972), succeeded as Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (1972 – 1975)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kuching

• Peter Chung Hoan Ting (鍾萬庭) (see above 1976.05.31 – retired 2003.06.21), also President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (1976 – 1979 and 1994 – 2000)
• John Ha Tiong Hock (2003.06.21 – retired 4 March 2017), also President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (2012.08 – 1 January 2017); previously Titular Bishop of Cabapium (1998.01.17 – 2003.06.21) as Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching (1998.01.17 – 2003.06.21)
• Simon Poh Hoon Seng (傅雲生) (4 March 2017 – ...), succeeding as previous Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching (2015.07.09 – 2017.03.04) and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia (2015.07.09 – 2017.03.04).

As per 2014, it pastorally served 192,569 Catholics (15.8% of 1,216,000 total) on 19,173 km² in 12 parishes with 37 priests (26 diocesan, 11 religious), 82 lay religious (13 brothers, 69 sisters), 5 seminarians. It also has a Major seminary of St. Peter.

There are about 19 parishes and chapels administering many outstations around the archdiocese.

In Kuching city

• St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching
• Carmelite Chapel, Kuching
• St. Mark's Church, Batu Kawa, Kuching
• Chapel of Mother Mary, Stutong, Kuching
• St. Peter's Church, Padungan, Kuching
• Chapel of Our Lady Star of The Sea, Bintawa, Kuching
• Holy Trinity Church, Kenyalang Park, Kuching
• Blessed Sacrament Church, Stampin, Kuching
• Sacred Heart Church, Kota Sentosa, Kuching
• St. Ann's Church, Kota Padawan, Kuching

Elsewhere

• St. Stephen's Church, Bau
• Holy Spirit Church, Lundu
• St. Theresa's Church, Serian
• St. Jude's Church, Bunan Gega, Serian
• Church of Holy Cross, Tebedu
• Church of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Sri Aman
• Holy Family Church, Betong
• Mount Hosanna Chapel, Sri Aman

• List of Catholic dioceses in Malaysia
• Roman Catholicism in Malaysia

• GCatholic.org, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections
• Official website
• Catholic-Hierarchy