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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor (Latin: ''Dioecesis Melakanus-Giohoranus'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Ecclesiastical province of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It is located in the southern region of Malaysia, administering two peninsular states, namely Malacca and Johor(e). The mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Johor Bahru, Johor(e); there is also a former Cathedral, now Church of St. Peter, in Melaka. == History == * Established on 4 February 1558 as the Diocese of Malacca–Johor(e) (Diocese of Malacca ) 〔(Diocese of Malacca | Original Catholic Encyclopedia )〕〔(www.gcatholic.org | Diocese of Malacca–Johor(e) )〕 on territory split off from the then Diocese of Goa, within the Portuguese colonial empire. * It became suffragan (other being Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin) to the promoted Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa〔(Archdiocese of Goa - suffragan sees of Cochin and Malacca )〕 * Lost territory on 23 January 1576 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau 澳門(continental China) * Lost territory in 1712 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean * 1838: Suppressed, its territory being joined with Siam * Restored on 10 September 1841, albeit again with pre-diocesan status and exempt, as the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Siam, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Siam〔(Vicariate Apostolic of Siam | Original Catholic Encyclopedia )〕 * Promoted on 19 August 1888 as the () Diocese of Malacca 〔〔 * Promoted on 19 September 1953 as (non-metropolitan) Archdiocese of Malacca * 25 February 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore, having lost territories to establish the Dioceses of Kuala Lumpur (now its Metropolitan) and of Penang * On 18 December 1972, the diocese was demoted and renamed as the Diocese of Malacca-Johor, when the Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was split into the Archdiocese of Singapore and this diocese. Rt. Rev James Chan was appointed as the first Bishop. * On 27 May 1985, its name was changed to the Diocese of Melaka-Johor. The diocese is suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. * On 13 February 2003, Rt. Rev Paul Tan Chee Ing was appointed as the second Bishop of the Melaka-Johor Diocese. * On 19 November 2015, the Vatican appointed Msgr Anthony Bernard Paul as the third Bishop of this Diocese. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pope Francis appoints Msgr Bernard Paul as new Bishop of Melaka-Johor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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