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Bishop of Kuching

FieldValue
bishopricKuching
borderanglican
incumbentDonald Alvin Jute Aheng
provinceSouth East Asia
established1855, current establishment in 1962
cathedralSt. Thomas' Cathedral
first_incumbentFrancis Thomas McDougall
dioceseKuching
jurisdictionname=country=Malaysia & Brunei Darusalamheadquarters=Kuching Citydenomination=Anglicanlanguage=English, Bahasa malasya

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.

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,[[File:St Thomas Cathedral - Kuching.jpg|thumb|left|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. The first Bishop of Kuching to be styled as such was appointed in 1962.

In 1968, Basil Temenggong was appointed the bishop of the diocese, becoming the first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed to the seat. 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.

History

Main article: Diocese of Kuching

Anglican missions to the Kingdom of Sarawak began in 1848 under the auspices of the Borneo Church Mission. Episcopal authority of the mission was placed with the Diocese of Calcutta. Initiatives were made to create a separate diocese for the mission with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel supporting the move and contributing a sum of £5,000 towards the endowment.

Unfortunately political conventions of the day did not allow for an Anglican diocese to be created outside territories administered directly by the British Crown and Sarawak was technically an independent kingdom under British protection. This difficulty was overcome when a letters patent was made in 1855 erecting the Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak based in the British Crown Colony of Labuan. This diocese covered a large geographical area including Sarawak, British North Borneo, and the Strait Settlements. In 1909, the Diocese of Singapore was separated from the diocese and the diocese reverted to the name Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak. In 1949, the diocese was again renamed as the Diocese of Borneo.

This arrangement continued until the 1962 division of the Diocese of Borneo into the Diocese of Kuching and the Diocese of Jesselton (renamed the Diocese of Sabah in 1968). James C. L. Wong, consecrated Assistant Bishop of Borneo in 1960, became diocesan bishop of Jesselton.

List of bishops

Bishop of Labuan and SarawakFromUntilIncumbentNotesBishops of Labuan, Sarawak and SingaporeFromUntilIncumbentNotesBishops of Labuan and SarawakFromUntilIncumbentNotesBishop of BorneoBishop of BorneoFromUntilIncumbentNotesBishops of KuchingAnglican Bishop of KuchingFromUntilIncumbentNotes
18561869Francis McDougall
18691881Walter ChambersChurches in the Straits Settlements separated from the Diocese of Calcutta and placed under the Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak. Diocese renamed Diocese of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore.
18821908George Hose
19091916Robert MounseyChurches in Singapore were separated from the Diocese to form its own Diocese of Singapore. The Diocese reverted to the name of Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak.
19171931Logie DansonReturned to England as Assistant Bishop of Carlisle; later Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus
19321937Noel Hudson
19381948Francis HollisReturned to England as Assistant Bishop of Leicester
19481962Nigel CornwallThe diocese was renamed the Diocese of Borneo and included Anglican missions in Kalimantan.
19631968Nicholas AllenbyThe diocese was separated into the Diocese of Kuching and the Diocese of Jesselton (later renamed the Diocese of Sabah); David Howard Nicholas Allenby was consecrated bishop 30 November 1962 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral; later Assistant Bishop of Worcester
19681984Basil TemenggongThe first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed as bishop. After Temenggong died suddenly, the former Assistant Bishop of Kuching, Peter Howes, returned to be the acting Bishop.
19851995John Leong Chee Yun
19962007Made Katib
20072017Bolly LapokArchbishop of South East Asia, 2012–2016
2017presentDanald JuteCurrent incumbent since 2017.
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References

References

  1. "Diocese of Kuching - Our Location". Diocese of Kuching.
  2. "Diocese of Kuching - St. Thomas' Cathedral". Diocese of Kuching.
  3. (15 January 1963). "Installed Bishop". The Straits Times.
  4. Peter, Varney. (July–December 1969). "Iban Leaders in the Anglican Church 1848-1968". Sarawak Museum Journal.
  5. "Bishop's House - a state heritage". mysarawak.org.
  6. "Diocese of Kuching - About Us". Diocese of Kuching.
  7. "Diocese of Singapore - History". Diocese of Singapore.
  8. (October 2019). "Cornwall; Nigel Edmund (1903-1984); Bishop of Borneo". Lambeth Palace Library }}{{Dead link.
  9. (1966). "The First Years - Being the early history of The Council of the Church in South East Aisa". The Anglican Literature Society.
  10. (7 December 1962). "picture caption".
  11. "Allenby, David Howard Nicholas".
  12. "''Church Times'': "Obituaries – The Rt Revd Peter Howes", 30 May 2003, p 20".
  13. Green, Eda. (c. 1909). "Borneo: The Land of River and Palm". Borneo Mission Society.
  14. (October 2019). "Allenby; David Howard Nicholas (1909-1995); bishop of Kuching". Lambeth Palace Library }}{{Dead link.
  15. "Diocese of Kuching - Bishops of the Diocese". Diocese of Kuching.
  16. Poon, Michael. "CSCA Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Archives on Borneo Mission. A Guide.". The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia.
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