Holy Spirit Cathedral, Island Park, Green Lane, Gelugor, Penang
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Sebastian Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop
Julian Leow Beng Kim
Vicar General
Henry Rajoo Stephen Liew Aloysius Tan
Bishops emeritus
Antony Selvanayagam
Website
www.pgdiocese.org
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang is situated in the northern as well as the east coast region of Peninsular Malaysia covering 4 northern states, namely Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak as well as the east coast state of Kelantan. It was created on 25 February 1955 together with the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. It is under the ecclesiastical province of Kuala Lumpur.
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