The Bishop of Kuching is the ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Kuching in the Church of the Province of South East Asia. The bishop exercises episcopal authority over Anglican churches in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and in the independent nation of Brunei Darussalam.[1]
The see is in the city of Kuching where the seat of the bishop is located at the St. Thomas' Cathedral in Jalan McDougall, Kuching,
St. Thomas Cathedral - Kuching, Sarawak - 1851
originally built in 1848 and consecrated in 1851 as the home church and base for the Borneo Church Mission in Sarawak.[2] The first Bishop of Kuching to be styled as such was appointed in 1962.[3]
In 1968, Basil Temenggong was appointed the bishop of the diocese, becoming the first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed to the seat.[4] The current bishop is Danald Jute who was appointed after the retirement of the former bishop, Bolly Lapok.
The bishop's residence is in The Bishop's House on a small hill in Kuching known as College Hill within the compound of the Cathedral. Initially constructed in 1849 as The Mission House and served as the first dispensary in Kuching.[5]
^"Diocese of Kuching - Our Location" (PDF). Diocese of Kuching. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^"Diocese of Kuching - St. Thomas' Cathedral". Diocese of Kuching. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^"Installed Bishop". The Straits Times. 15 January 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^Peter, Varney (July–December 1969). "Iban Leaders in the Anglican Church 1848-1968". Sarawak Museum Journal. XVII (34–35). Retrieved 6 March 2012. Basil Temenggong, the first Sarawakian, consecrated and enthroned the Bishop of Kuching. The Diocese of Jesselton changed to the Diocese of Sabah.
^"Bishop's House - a state heritage". mysarawak.org. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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